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CVE-2001-1176

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-07-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 4.1 allows a remote authenticated firewall administrator to execute arbitrary code via format strings in the control connection.

Affected products

• checkpoint Firewall-1: 4.1, 4.1-sp1, 4.1-sp2, 4.1-sp3
• checkpoint Provider-1: 4.1, 4.1-sp1, 4.1-sp2, 4.1-sp3
• checkpoint Vpn-1: 4.1, 4.1-sp1, 4.1-sp3

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0209.html
• http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/alerts/format_strings.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/1901
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3021
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6849
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0209.html
• http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/alerts/format_strings.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/1901
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3021
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6849

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