CVE-2019-8458 – Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows, with Anti-Malware blade

Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows, with Anti-Malware blade installed, before version E81.00, tries to load a non-existent DLL during an update initiated by the UI. An attacker with administrator privileges can leverage this to gain code execution within a Check Point Software Technologies signed binary, where under certain circumstances may cause the client to terminate.

 

Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8458

Reference (s):

• https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk153053