Administrator credential disclosure via retained process memory
Published Jun 29, 2025 · Updated Jun 30, 2025
Cleartext credential storage in Check Point SmartConsole R81.10, R81.20, and R82 allows physically proximate attackers to recover credentials. SmartConsole retains used authentication credentials in its process memory instead of clearing them, leaving the values recoverable from a process dump. Exploitation requires Administrator permissions, user interaction to create the dump, and physical access under the CNA assessment; recovered credentials can enable access to managed environments.
Summary
What happened
Cleartext credential storage in Check Point SmartConsole R81.10, R81.20, and R82 allows physically proximate attackers to recover credentials. SmartConsole retains used authentication credentials in its process memory instead of clearing them, leaving the values recoverable from a process dump. Exploitation requires Administrator permissions, user interaction to create the dump, and physical access under the CNA assessment; recovered credentials can enable access to managed environments.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-24915
- Published
- Jun 29, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 30, 2025
- Vendor
- Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
- Product
- Check Point SmartConsole
- Classifications
- CWE-312, CWE-316, T1003
- Attack vector
- physical
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 29, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 30, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=Check Point SmartConsole versions R81.10, R81.20, R82
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