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CVE-2020-6014· NVD / CVE Program· CNA checkpoint

Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows, with Anti-Bot or Threat Emulation blades installed, before version E83.20, tries to load a

Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows, with Anti-Bot or Threat Emulation blades installed, before version E83.20, tries to load a non-existent DLL during a query for the Domain Name. An attacker with administrator privileges can leverage this to gain code execution within a Check Point Software Technologies signed binary, where under certain circumstances may cause the client to terminate.

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Nov 2, 2020
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 30th percentile
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Action score

26

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
checkpointendpoint security

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • checkpoint endpoint securitybefore e83.20

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (checkpoint). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • n/a Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows

    • before E83.20affected

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-28133Local privilege escalation in Check Point Endpoint Security Client (version E87.30) via crafted OpenSSL configuration file
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  • CVE-2022-23742Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows versions earlier than E86.40 copy files for forensics reports from a directory with low pri
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2023-28134Local Privliege Escalation in Check Point Endpoint Security Remediation Service
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2021-30360Users have access to the directory where the installation repair occurs.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2020-6021Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows before version E84.20 allows write access to the directory from which the installation repa
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2019-8452A hard-link created from log file archive of Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15.4.062 or Check Point Endpoint Security client for Windows before
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-114 · Process Control

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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