CVE-2001-1102

Check Point FireWall-1 3.0b through 4.1 for Solaris allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary policy files that end in a .cpp extension, which are set world-writable.

Published: 2001-09-08 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-1102 is rated Low Risk (29.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1102

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 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.85%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1102

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.2 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 1.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-1102

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1102

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:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1102

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