CVE-2022-41604 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00041.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:zonealarm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Checkpoint Subscribe	Zonealarm Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

Thu, 22 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-27T02:17:14.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-22T13:52:43.192Z

Reserved: 2022-09-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-41604

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:49:43.364Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-27T23:15:17.263

Modified: 2025-05-22T14:16:01.390

Link: CVE-2022-41604

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-269

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