Check Point ZoneAlarm/Endpoint Security Client on Windows Log File Archive permission

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A vulnerability was found in Check Point ZoneAlarm and Endpoint Security Client on Windows (Firewall Software) (version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Log File Archive Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A hard-link created from log file archive of Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15.4.062 or Check Point Endpoint Security client for Windows before E80.96 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.

The bug was discovered 02/18/2019. The weakness was presented 04/22/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-8452 since 02/18/2019. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1222 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Jakub Palaczynski in PowerShell and been published 6 months after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 63 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (47471).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
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Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1222

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Jakub Palaczynski
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Recommended: Upgrade
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02/18/2019 🔍
02/18/2019 +0 days 🔍
04/22/2019 +63 days 🔍
04/23/2019 +1 days 🔍
10/07/2019 +167 days 🔍
09/06/2023 +1430 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: checkpoint.com

Advisory: 154754
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-8452 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 04/23/2019 09:11
Updated: 09/06/2023 14:58
Changes: 04/23/2019 09:11 (56), 10/08/2019 07:32 (7), 09/25/2020 16:53 (3), 09/06/2023 14:58 (7)
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Committer: misc

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