Check Point VPN-1 4.1 program.exe Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Check Point VPN-1 4.1. This affects an unknown part of the file program.exe. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-0255. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Check Point VPN-1 4.1 (Network Encryption Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file program.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in Check Point VPN-1 SecureClient might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicious "program.exe" file in the C: folder, which is run when SecureClient attempts to launch the Sr_GUI.exe program.

The weakness was shared 01/17/2006 by Thierry Zoller (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-0255 since 01/18/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 16290†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Network Encryption Software

Vendor

• Check Point

Name

• VPN-1

Version

• 4.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.checkpoint.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 7.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/17/2006 🔍
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01/18/2006 +1 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3340 days 🔍
07/17/2018 +1223 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: checkpoint.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Thierry Zoller
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-0255 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0255
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28349
SecurityFocus: 16290 - Check Point VPN-1 SecureClient Path Specification Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vupen: ADV-2006-0258

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 07/17/2018 10:22
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (46), 07/17/2018 10:22 (6)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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