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CVE-2019-8455

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-04-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-65

Description

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 products

• Check Point ZoneAlarm: through 15.4.062

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108029
• https://www.zonealarm.com/software/release-history/zafavfw.html#15.4.260.17960
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108029
• https://www.zonealarm.com/software/release-history/zafavfw.html#15.4.260.17960

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