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A vulnerability has been found in Check Point Firewall-1 3.0b (Firewall Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Policy Compiler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was shared 04/01/2002 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-1171. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0
VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 8.0
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Exploiting
Class: SymlinkCWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
04/01/2002 🔍04/01/2002 🔍
07/11/2014 🔍
06/06/2018 🔍
Sources
Vendor: checkpoint.comAdvisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2001-1171 (🔍)
Entry
Created: 07/11/2014 13:49Updated: 06/06/2018 10:54
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:49 (38), 06/06/2018 10:54 (10)
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