CVE-2002-2405

Check Point FireWall-1 4.1 and Next Generation (NG), with UserAuth configured to proxy HTTP traffic only, allows remote attackers to pass unauthorized HTTPS, FTP and possibly other traffic through the firewall.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-2405 is rated Low Risk (37.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2405

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 2025-08-22 0.23% 0.27% +0.05%
2 2024-08-19 0.27% 0.23% -0.05%
3 2024-04-25 0.27%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2405

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-2405

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2405

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
checkpoint firewall-1 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 ng cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2405

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