CVE-2020-6014
Check Point Harmony Endpoint vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A vulnerability was identified in Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows (CVE-2020-6014) where the system attempts to load a non-existent DLL during a Domain Name query. The vulnerability was discovered by Chris Au and was fixed in the Enterprise Endpoint Security Client (Check Point Acknowledgments).

Technical details

The vulnerability is related to DLL loading during Domain Name queries, where the system attempts to load a non-existent DLL. This has been classified with CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path) according to the NVD database, though it was initially reported with CWE-114 (NVD CNA Status).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability could potentially allow an attacker with administrator privileges to gain elevated system access (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires administrator privileges to be exploited, which somewhat limits its potential impact and accessibility to attackers (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been addressed in the Enterprise Endpoint Security Client. Users should update to the fixed version to mitigate this security issue (Check Point Acknowledgments).

Additional resources


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