Check Point Firewall-1 3.0/4.0/4.1 on Solaris Policy File symlink

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Check Point Firewall-1 3.0/4.0/4.1 on Solaris. This affects an unknown function of the component Policy File Handler. The manipulation leads to symlink. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2001-1102. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Check Point Firewall-1 3.0/4.0/4.1 on Solaris (Firewall Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Policy File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Check Point FireWall-1 3.0b through 4.1 for Solaris allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary policy files that end in a .cpp extension, which are set world-writable.

The weakness was presented 09/08/2001 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-1102. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as highly functional.

Applying the patch SP2 is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7094) and SecurityFocus (BID 3300†). See VDB-17332 for similar entry. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Symlink
CWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Highly functional

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Patch: SP2

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06/04/2018 +1427 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: checkpoint.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-1102 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1102
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17333
X-Force: 7094 - Check Point FireWall-1 predictable /tmp files can be used to launch a symlink attack
SecurityFocus: 3300 - Check Point Firewall-1 Policyname Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 01:29
Updated: 06/04/2018 08:35
Changes: 07/09/2014 01:29 (51), 06/04/2018 08:35 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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