PT-2001-2245 · Check Point · Check Point Firewall-1

Published 2001-09-08 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-2001-1102

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Check Point FireWall-1 versions 3.0b through 4.1 for Solaris

Description The issue 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.

Recommendations For versions 3.0b through 4.1, consider restricting access to the temporary policy files to prevent a symlink attack until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1102

Affected Products

Check Point Firewall-1

References · 5

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3300 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/212824 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1102 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2001-1102 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7094 · Note