CVE-2018-8790
Check Point ZoneAlarm version 15.3.064.17729 and below expose a WCF service that can allow a...
Check Point ZoneAlarm version 15.3.064.17729 and below expose a WCF service that can allow a local low privileged user to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Check Point ZoneAlarm version 15.3.064.17729 and below expose a WCF service that can allow a local low privileged user to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM.
- Record
CVE-2018-8790- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Check Point ZoneAlarm version 15.3.064.17729 and below expose a WCF service that can allow a local low privileged user to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM.
- Record
CVE-2018-8790- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-20399 No score
Check Point ZoneAlarm version 15.3.064.17729 and below expose a WCF service that can allow a local low privileged user to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM.
- Record
EUVD-2018-20399- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jhvm-cvpr-9jq3
Check Point ZoneAlarm version 15.3.064.17729 and below expose a WCF service that can allow a...
Check Point ZoneAlarm version 15.3.064.17729 and below expose a WCF service that can allow a local low privileged user to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM.
- Record
GHSA-jhvm-cvpr-9jq3- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-8790 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Zonealarm, published March 1, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
zonealarm.com/software/release-history/zafavfw.html
supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk142952
securityfocus.com/bid/107254
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8790
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jhvm-cvpr-9jq3