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CVE-2019-8461 — Check Point Endpoint Security Initial Client for Windows before version E81

Check Point Endpoint Security Initial Client for Windows before version E81.30 tries to load a DLL placed in any PATH location on a clean image without Endpoint Client installed. An attacker can leverage this to gain LPE using a specially crafted DLL placed in any PATH location a

CVSS
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EPSS
0.16% (top 62.90%)
CWE
CWE-114
Published
2019-08-29T20:41:54.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T21:17:31.435Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

Check Point Endpoint Security Initial Client for Windows before version E81.30 tries to load a DLL placed in any PATH location on a clean image without Endpoint Client installed. An attacker can leverage this to gain LPE using a specially crafted DLL placed in any PATH location accessible with write permissions to the user.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / Check Point Endpoint Security Initial Client for Windowsbefore version E81.30

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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