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CVE-2000-0779

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Checkpoint Firewall-1 with the RSH/REXEC setting enabled allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions and connect to a RSH/REXEC client via malformed connection requests.

Affected products

• checkpoint Firewall-1: 3.0, 4.0, 4.1

References

• http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/alerts/list_vun.html#Improper_stderr
• http://www.osvdb.org/1487
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1534
• http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/alerts/list_vun.html#Improper_stderr
• http://www.osvdb.org/1487
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1534

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