Check Point Advisories

Pritunl Client Privilege Escalation (CVE-2016-7063)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-0975
Date Published: 5 Aug 2020
Severity: High
Last Updated: Wednesday 05 August, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-7063
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75

Who is Vulnerable? Pritunl Client prior to 1.0.1116.6
Vulnerability Description A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Pritunl Client. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Pritunl Client Privilege Escalation (CVE-2016-7063) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Pritunl Client Privilege Escalation (CVE-2016-7063)

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