Vulnerability in Checkpoint Zonealarm
CVE-2007-2730
Check Point ZoneAlarm Pro before 6.5.737.000 does not properly test for equivalence of process identifiers for certain Microsoft Windows API functions in the NT kernel 5.0 and greater, which allows local users to call these functions, and bypass firewall rules or gain privileges, via a modified identifier that is one, two, or three greater than the canonical identifier.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (22.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Checkpoint Zonealarm
- Comodo Firewall Pro — versions 2.4.18.184
- Comodo Personal Firewall — versions 2.3.6.81
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
- Microsoft Windows Xp
References
- securityreason.com/securityalert/2714 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468643/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- osvdb.org/37383 (vdb-entry)
- www.matousec.com/info/advisories/Bypassing-PWF-HIPS-open-process-control-with-u… (Vendor Advisory)