Check Point Firewall-1 3.0/4.0/4.1 Log Viewer privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Check Point Firewall-1 3.0/4.0/4.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Log Viewer. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2001-1101. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Check Point Firewall-1 3.0/4.0/4.1 (Firewall Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Log Viewer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Log Viewer function in the Check Point FireWall-1 GUI for Solaris 3.0b through 4.1 SP2 does not check for the existence of .log files when saving files, which allows (1) remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files ending in .log , or (2) local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

The weakness was disclosed 09/08/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-1101. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Applying the patch SP4 is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7095) and SecurityFocus (BID 3303†). The entry VDB-17333 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Patch: SP4

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07/08/2014 +4686 days 🔍
06/04/2018 +1427 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: checkpoint.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-1101 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1101
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17332
X-Force: 7095 - Check Point FireWall-1 Log Viewer function can be used to overwrite \
SecurityFocus: 3303 - Check Point Firewall-1 GUI Client Log Viewer Symbolic Link Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 01:28
Updated: 06/04/2018 08:35
Changes: 07/09/2014 01:28 (51), 06/04/2018 08:35 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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