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Vigil@nce - Check Point Endpoint Security Initial Client for Windows: executing DLL code
October 2019 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can create a malicious DLL, and then put it in the current directory of Check Point Endpoint Security Initial Client for Windows, in order to execute code.
Impacted products: CheckPoint Endpoint Security.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: user access/rights.
Provenance: intranet server.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 30/08/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Check Point Endpoint Security Initial Client for Windows product uses external shared libraries (DLL).
However, if the working directory contains a malicious DLL, it is automatically loaded.
An attacker can therefore create a malicious DLL, and then put it in the current directory of Check Point Endpoint Security Initial Client for Windows, in order to execute code.
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