Vulnerability Report

CVE-2022-41604

Title: Checkpoint Zonealarm Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2022-41604.

CWE Category CWE-269
Published Date Sep 27, 2022
Modified Date May 22, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.04%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-41604: Check Point ZoneAlarm Extreme Security before 15.8.211.19229 allows local users to escalate privileges. This occurs because of weak permissions for the %PROGRAMDATA%\CheckPoint\ZoneAlarm\Data\Updates directory, and a self-protection driver bypass that allows creation of a junction directory. This can be leveraged to perform an arbitrary file move as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

Impacted Vendors

Z
zonelabs 1
C
checkpoint 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/Wh04m1001/ZoneAlarmEoP https://www.infigo.hr/en/insights/39/elevation-of-privilege-in-zonealarm-extreme-security/ https://www.zonealarm.com/software/extreme-security/release-history https://github.com/Wh04m1001/ZoneAlarmEoP https://www.infigo.hr/en/insights/39/elevation-of-privilege-in-zonealarm-extreme-security/ https://www.zonealarm.com/software/extreme-security/release-history
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2022-41604 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.