CVE-2019-8455

lowpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.004 · 33 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.39% (33rd) EPSS

CVSS 3.6 · low

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A hard-link created from the log file of Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15.4.062 to any file on the system will get its permission changed so that all users can access that linked file. Doing this on files with limited access gains the local attacker higher privileges to the file.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.6–7.1

v2.03.6lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 4.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.2

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimaryCWE-65US

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a Check Point ZoneAlarm≤ up to 15.4.062enisa_euvdEU
checkpoint zonealarm≤ 15.4.062nvdUScpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:zonealarm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-04-17modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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