CVE-2019-8455 — A hard-link created from the log file of Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15

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.

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Check Point ZoneAlarm	up to 15.4.062

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-04-17T14:05:54.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T21:17:31.568Z

09References

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