CVE-2000-0808 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The seed generation mechanism in the inter-module S/Key authentication mechanism in Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a brute force attack, aka "One-time (s/key) Password Authentication."

Published: 2001-01-22

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0802	The seed generation mechanism in the inter-module S/Key authentication mechanism in Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a brute force attack, aka "One-time (s/key) Password Authentication."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00515.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/alerts/list_vun.html#One-time_Password
http://www.osvdb.org/4421
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5137

History

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Subscriptions

Checkpoint Firewall-1

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-01-22T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:28:41.621Z

Reserved: 2000-09-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0808

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-11-14T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0808

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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