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CVE-2004-0039

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in HTTP Application Intelligence (AI) component in Check Point Firewall-1 NG-AI R55 and R54, and Check Point Firewall-1 HTTP Security Server included with NG FP1, FP2, and FP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via HTTP requests that cause format string specifiers to be used in an error message, as demonstrated using the scheme of a URI.

Affected products

• checkpoint Firewall-1: all versions

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107604682227031&w=2
• http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/alerts/security_server.html
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-072.shtml
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/790771
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9581
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-036A.html
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/162
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14149
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107604682227031&w=2
• http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/alerts/security_server.html
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-072.shtml
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/790771

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