7.2High

CVE-2001-1171

checkpoint firewall-1 Published: 2002-04-01 08:00 (24 years ago)

Description

Check Point Firewall-1 3.0b through 4.0 SP1 follows symlinks and creates a world-writable temporary .cpp file when compiling Policy rules, which could allow local users to gain privileges or modify the firewall policy.

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
checkpoint	firewall-1	3.0b

References and patches

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0046.html PatchVendor Advisory

CPE matches (NVD) (1)

cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:3.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS score

7.2High

Source: NVD · CVSS 2.0

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Confidentiality: C
Integrity: C
Availability: C

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

0.34%

higher than 28% of all CVEs

Timeline

Published2002-04-01 08:00
Reached IP-DB2026-11-12 04:07
Last updated2026-11-12 03:10

NVD status: Modified

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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