Check Point Software Endpoint Security Client prior E81.00 on Windows Anti-Malware Blade Code Execution

A vulnerability was found in Check Point Software Endpoint Security Client on Windows and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Anti-Malware Blade. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability (Code Execution). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 06/20/2019. The advisory is shared for download at supportcenter.checkpoint.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-8458 since 02/18/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version E81.00 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 136797.

Vendor

• Check Point Software

Name

• Endpoint Security Client

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.5
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Class: Privilege escalation / Code Execution (CWE-269)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Upgrade: Endpoint Security Client E81.00

02/18/2019 CVE assigned
06/20/2019 +122 days Advisory disclosed
06/20/2019 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/20/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateAdvisory: supportcenter.checkpoint.com

CVE: CVE-2019-8458 (🔒)
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Created: 06/20/2019 10:14 PM
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