CVE-2019-8454CWE-65

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…

published April 29, 2019

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
24.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00326 · 24.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-65 · Windows Hard Link
Published
2019-04-29T15:10Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 APR 15:10Z
    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…
    cvelistv5