Check Point Firewall-1/VPN-1 Management Station Format String Vulnerability

BID:3021

Info

Check Point Firewall-1/VPN-1 Management Station Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3021
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 11 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2001 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery credited to Halvar Flake of BlackHat Consulting.
Vulnerable: Nokia IPSO 3.3 SP3
+ Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP3
+ Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP3
+ Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP2
+ Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP2
Nokia IPSO 3.3 SP2
+ Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP2
+ Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP2
+ Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP1
+ Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP1
Nokia IPSO 3.3 SP1
+ Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP1
+ Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP1
Nokia IPSO 3.3
+ Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1
+ Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1
+ Check Point Software VPN-1 4.1
+ Check Point Software VPN-1 4.1
Check Point Software VPN-1 4.1 SP3
Check Point Software VPN-1 4.1 SP1
Check Point Software VPN-1 4.1
Check Point Software Provider-1 4.1 SP3
Check Point Software Provider-1 4.1 SP2
Check Point Software Provider-1 4.1 SP1
Check Point Software Provider-1 4.1
Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP3
Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP2
Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP1
Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1
Not Vulnerable: Nokia IPSO 3.3 SP4
+ Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP4
+ Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP4
+ Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP3
+ Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP3
Check Point Software VPN-1 4.1 SP4
Check Point Software Provider-1 4.1 SP4
Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP4

Discussion

Check Point Firewall-1/VPN-1 Management Station Format String Vulnerability

Firewall-1/VPN-1 management station contains a format string vulnerability.

The vulnerability is the result of passing client-supplied data to a printf* function as the format string argument.

This vulnerability can only be exploited by a client that is authenticated as an administrator and connected from an authorized IP address.

Administrators with limited privileges (such as read-only) may be able to exploit this vulnerability to gain control over the management station.

Exploit / POC

Check Point Firewall-1/VPN-1 Management Station Format String Vulnerability

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