CVE-2022-23743

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8) in checkpoint zonealarm. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Check Point ZoneAlarm before version 15.8.200.19118 allows a local actor to escalate privileges during the upgrade process. In addition, weak permissions in the ProgramData\CheckPoint\ZoneAlarm\Data\Updates directory allow a local attacker the ability to execute an arbitrary file write, leading to execution of code as local system, in ZoneAlarm versions before v15.8.211.192119

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 36% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-269, CWE-732
Published: 2022-05-11
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

checkpoint:zonealarm

References

https://www.zonealarm.com/software/extreme-security/release-history
https://www.zonealarm.com/software/extreme-security/release-history

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