CVE-2020-6023
Check Point ZoneAlarm before version 15.8.139.18543 allows a local actor to escalate privileges...
Check Point ZoneAlarm before version 15.8.139.18543 allows a local actor to escalate privileges while restoring files in Anti-Ransomware.
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 before version 15.8.139.18543 allows a local actor to escalate privileges while restoring files in Anti-Ransomware.
- Record
CVE-2020-6023- 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 - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Check Point ZoneAlarm before version 15.8.139.18543 allows a local actor to escalate privileges while restoring files in Anti-Ransomware.
- Record
CVE-2020-6023- Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-27177 No score
Check Point ZoneAlarm before version 15.8.139.18543 allows a local actor to escalate privileges while restoring files in Anti-Ransomware.
- Record
EUVD-2020-27177- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wm8f-hh9v-3whp No score
Check Point ZoneAlarm before version 15.8.139.18543 allows a local actor to escalate privileges...
Check Point ZoneAlarm before version 15.8.139.18543 allows a local actor to escalate privileges while restoring files in Anti-Ransomware.
- Record
GHSA-wm8f-hh9v-3whp- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-6023 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Check Point Zonealarm Point Zonealarm, published October 27, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.