CVE-2001-1102 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2002-03-15

Score: 6.2 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

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:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.1:sp1::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1083	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0005.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/212824
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3300
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7094

History

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Subscriptions

Checkpoint Firewall-1

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-15T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:44:07.388Z

Reserved: 2002-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1102

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-09-08T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2001-1102

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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