CVE-2004-2679

Check Point Firewall-1 4.1 up to NG AI R55 allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by sending an Internet Key Exchange (IKE) with a certain Vendor ID payload that causes Firewall-1 to return a response containing version and other information.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2679 is rated Moderate Risk (56.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.43%). EPSS rose +1.01% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2679

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 0.42% 1.43% +1.01%
2 2025-10-16 0.34% 0.42% +0.07%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.34% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2679

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2679

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2679

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
checkpoint firewall-1 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.0:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.0:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.0:sp7:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.0:sp8:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.1:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.1:sp5a:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.1:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkpoint firewall-1 r55 cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:r55:*:ng-ai:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2679

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