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CVE-2001-1171

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2002-04-01 Modified: 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 Platforms

Checkpoint Firewall-1

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References