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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2000-1037 json

Check Point Firewall-1 session agent 3.0 through 4.1 generates different error messages for invalid user names versus invalid passwords, wh…

published 2000-11-29 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2000-1024

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.3%
EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Check Point Firewall-1 session agent 3.0 through 4.1 generates different error messages for invalid user names versus invalid passwords, which allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames and guess a password via a brute force attack.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20215)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20216 Check Point Software Firewall-1 3.0/1 4.0/1 4.1 - Session Agent Dictionary Attack (2) remote, 2000-10-01
  • EDB-20215 Check Point Software Firewall-1 3.0/1 4.0/1 4.1 - Session Agent Dictionary Attack (1) remote, 2000-08-15
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1662 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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