CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.0. It affects Windows.
CVE
CVE-2019-8454
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7
EPSS
0.33%
Windows
Original NVD Description
A local attacker can create a hard-link between a file to which the Check Point Endpoint Security client for Windows before E80.96 writes and another BAT file, then by impersonating the WPAD server, the attacker can write BAT commands into that file that will later be run by the user or the system.
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