Vigil@nce - Check Point ZoneAlarm Extreme Security: privilege escalation via Service Symbolic Link
September 2020 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: ZoneAlarm.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 03/07/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via Service Symbolic Link of
Check Point ZoneAlarm Extreme Security, in order to escalate his
privileges.
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