Vulnerability: Local File Manipulation and Command Execution in Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows

Vulnerability: Local File Manipulation and Command Execution in Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows

CVE-2019-8454 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A local attacker can create a hard-link between a file to which the Check Point Endpoint Security client for Windows before E80.96 writes and another BAT file, then by impersonating the WPAD server, the attacker can write BAT commands into that file that will later be run by the user or the system.

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