Check Point Firewall-1 Policyname Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:3300

Info

Check Point Firewall-1 Policyname Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3300
Class: Race Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2001-1102
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 08 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 07:56AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced by Alan Darien <[email protected]> via Bugtraq on September 8, 2001.
Vulnerable: Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP1
Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1
Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.0
Check Point Software Firewall-1 3.0
Not Vulnerable: Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP4
Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP3
Check Point Software Firewall-1 4.1 SP2

Discussion

Check Point Firewall-1 Policyname Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Check Point Firewall-1 is a commercial firewall implementation designed for small to enterprise sized networks.

A problem with Firewall-1 has been discovered that makes it possible for a local user to change the permissions of root-owned files to world-writable, and potentially gain elevated privileges. The problem is in the creation of predictable /tmp files. Upon editing firewall rules and committing them, a file is created in /tmp using the name of the policy as a filename, and .cpp as an extension.

It's possible for a local user to create symbolic links to root-owned files, which will result in the files becoming world-writable, and potentially gain local root access.

Exploit / POC

Check Point Firewall-1 Policyname Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

No exploit is required for this vulnerability.

References

Check Point Firewall-1 Policyname Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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