VAR-200607-0417
Vulnerability from variot - Updated: 2025-04-03 19:42Directory traversal vulnerability in Check Point Firewall-1 R55W before HFA03 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an encoded .. (dot dot) in the URL on TCP port 18264. Checkpoint FireWall-1 is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. Information obtained may aid in further attacks. R55W HFA2 and prior versions are vulnerable to this issue. Check Point Firewall-1 is a high-performance firewall. This vulnerability can be exploited via basic HEX-encoded directory traversal strings.
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TITLE: Check Point VPN/Firewall Directory Traversal Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA21200
VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/21200/
CRITICAL: Moderately critical
IMPACT: Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
From remote
SOFTWARE: Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 NG with Application Intelligence (AI) http://secunia.com/product/2542/
DESCRIPTION: Pete Foster has reported a vulnerability in Check Point VPN-1/Firewall-1, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose certain sensitive information.
An input validation error in the hard coded web server (port 18264/TCP) can be exploited to disclose the contents of certain files via directory traversal attacks.
SOLUTION: The vulnerability has reportedly been fixed in version R55W HFA03.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Pete Foster
ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0419.html
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