CVE-2000-1037

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-12-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Check Point Firewall-1 session agent 3.0 through 4.1 generates different error messages for invalid user names versus invalid passwords, which allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames and guess a password via a brute force attack.

Affected products

checkpoint Firewall-1: 3.0, 4.0, 4.1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/76389
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1662
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/76389
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1662

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