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CVE-2019-8458 — Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows, with Anti-Malware blade instal

Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows, with Anti-Malware blade installed, before version E81.00, tries to load a non-existent DLL during an update initiated by the UI. An attacker with administrator privileges can leverage this to gain code execution within a Check Poi

CVSS
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EPSS
0.47% (top 35.50%)
CWE
CWE-114
Published
2019-06-20T16:44:33.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T21:17:31.415Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows, with Anti-Malware blade installed, before version E81.00, tries to load a non-existent DLL during an update initiated by the UI. An attacker with administrator privileges can leverage this to gain code execution within a Check Point Software Technologies signed binary, where under certain circumstances may cause the client to terminate.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Check PointCheck Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows, AntiMalware blade — before E81.00

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

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

09References

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