What is CVE-2019-8453?

CVE-2019-8453 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Checkpoint Zonealarm, classified under Process Control. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-04-17.

How severe is CVE-2019-8453?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Checkpoint Zonealarm

CVE-2019-8453

Some of the DLLs loaded by Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15.4.062 are taken from directories where all users have write permissions. This can allow a local attacker to replace a DLL file with a malicious one and cause Denial of Service to th…

EPSS: 0.003 (23.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Checkpoint Zonealarm
N/a Check Point Zonealarm — versions up to 15.4.062

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-114 — Process Control
CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

cve@checkpoint.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@checkpoint.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-8453?: CVE-2019-8453 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Checkpoint Zonealarm, classified under Process Control. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-04-17.
How severe is CVE-2019-8453?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.