Vigil@nce - Check Point SmartConsole: privilege escalation
March 2021 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerabilities-watch-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: CheckPoint Endpoint Security, Check Point NGFW,
CheckPoint Security Gateway.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights.
Provenance: user account.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 21/01/2021.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions of Check Point SmartConsole,
in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Check-Point-SmartConsole-privilege-escalation-34398