Description
Check Point Firewall-1 3.0b through 4.0 SP1 follows symlinks and creates a world-writable temporary .cpp file when compiling Policy rules, which could allow local users to gain privileges or modify the firewall policy.
Published: 2002-03-15
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2001-1152 Check Point Firewall-1 3.0b through 4.0 SP1 follows symlinks and creates a world-writable temporary .cpp file when compiling Policy rules, which could allow local users to gain privileges or modify the firewall policy.
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Checkpoint Firewall-1
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:44:08.307Z

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

Link: CVE-2001-1171

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-04-01T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2001-1171

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