CVE-2001-1171

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-04-01 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

checkpoint Firewall-1: 3.0b

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0046.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0046.html

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