CVE-2001-1176 (GCVE-0-2001-1176)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-06-25 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:44
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 27/100 over 2305 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2001-07-11 00:00
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