CVE-2019-8455: A hard-link created from the log file of Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15.4.062 to any file on the system will get its permission changed so that all users can…

PriorityP430high7.1CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAN

EPSS

0.39%

31.0th percentile

A hard-link created from the log file of Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15.4.062 to any file on the system will get its permission changed so that all users can access that linked file. Doing this on files with limited access gains the local attacker higher privileges to the file.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
checkpoint	zonealarm	<= 15.4.062	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

nvdv2.03.6LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

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