Check Point Firewall-1 up to R55W HFA03 Web Server path traversal
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A vulnerability was found in Check Point Firewall-1 up to R55W HFA03 (Firewall Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Web Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:
Directory traversal vulnerability in Check Point Firewall-1 R55W before HFA03 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an encoded .. (dot dot) in the URL on TCP port 18264.
The bug was discovered 07/24/2006. The weakness was published 07/27/2006 by Pete Foster as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-3885 since 07/26/2006. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at checkpoint.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (27937).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7
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Class: Path traversalCWE: CWE-22
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Patch: checkpoint.com
Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: checkpoint.comAdvisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Pete Foster
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2006-3885 (🔍)
X-Force: 27937 - Check Point Firewall-1 encoded character directory traversal, Low Risk
SecurityTracker: 1016563
Vulnerability Center: 12427 - Check Point Firewall Directory Traversal Vulnerability in the Hard Coded Web Server, Medium
SecurityFocus: 19136 - Checkpoint FireWall-1 Webserver Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia: 21200 - Check Point VPN/Firewall Directory Traversal Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 27585 - Check Point VPN/Firewall Traversal Arbitrary File Access
Vupen: ADV-2006-2965
Entry
Created: 07/28/2006 15:31Updated: 06/23/2019 20:36
Changes: 07/28/2006 15:31 (85), 06/23/2019 20:36 (1)
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