CVE-2001-1101

The Log Viewer function in the Check Point FireWall-1 GUI for Solaris 3.0b through 4.1 SP2 does not check for the existence of '.log' files when saving files, which allows (1) remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files ending in '.log', or (2) local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Published: 2001-09-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-1101 is rated Moderate Risk (51/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.47%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1101

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.64% 1.47% +0.83%
2 2025-03-17 0.18% 0.64% +0.46%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.18% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1101

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-1101

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1101

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
checkpoint firewall-1 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1101

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