Elevated Privilege Vulnerability in ZoneAlarm Firewall and Antivirus
CVE-2020-6013

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Checkpoint
Status
Check Point Zonealarm
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 July 2020

Summary

Certain versions of ZoneAlarm Firewall and Antivirus exhibit a vulnerability that allows an attacker with system access to manipulate file permissions and exploit existing weaknesses (specifically related to Windows vulnerabilities) to execute arbitrary code with elevated permissions on unpatched systems. This poses a significant risk to system integrity, necessitating timely updates and patches to mitigate potential security breaches.

Affected Version(s)

Check Point ZoneAlarm before 15.8.109.18436

References

https://www.zonealarm.com/software/extreme-security/relea...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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