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CVE-2001-0940

Buffer overflow in the GUI authentication code of Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 Management Server 4.0 and 4.1 allows remo

Buffer overflow in the GUI authentication code of Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 Management Server 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long user name.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.08459
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  • EPSS percentile: top 8% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
checkpoint firewall-1all versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD21 Sep 2001 · 04:00 AM
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/win2ksecadvice/2001-q3/0151.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2001/11/msg00291.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100094268017271&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100698954308436&w=2
http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/alerts/buffer_overflow.html
http://www.osvdb.org/1951
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