ZoneAlarm Firewall and Antivirus products before version 15.8.109.18436 allow an attacker who already has access to the system to execute c…

published 2020-07-06 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-27167

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.6%; EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits: 0; none known

ZoneAlarm Firewall and Antivirus products before version 15.8.109.18436 allow an attacker who already has access to the system to execute code at elevated privileges through a combination of file permission manipulation and exploitation of Windows CVE-2020-00896 on unpatched systems.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

checkpoint zonealarm_extreme_security 15.8.109.18436

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Exploit prediction

1.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

n/a Check Point ZoneAlarm

Classification

Weakness

CWE-65 Windows Hard Link
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

zonealarm.com /software/extreme-security/release-history
release-notes, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-6013
NVD CVE-2020-6013

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