Security News > 2019 > January > Researcher warns of privilege escalation flaw in Check Point ZoneAlarm

Illumant researcher Chris Anastasio has discovered a serious vulnerability in Check Point’s security software. It affects ZoneAlarm Free Firewall and ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall and, if exploited, it may allow a malicious user with low privilege access to escalate privileges to SYSTEM level. WCF and self-signed code in the spotlight The vulnerability is due to insecure implementation of services developed using Windows Communication Foundation or “WCF.” It targets a .NET service in ZoneAlarm that … More → The post Researcher warns of privilege escalation flaw in Check Point ZoneAlarm appeared first on Help Net Security.

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