Directory traversal vulnerability in Check Point Firewall-1 R55W before HFA03 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an encoded .. (dot dot) in the URL on TCP port 18264.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3885 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.26%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-08-20 | 1.05% | 1.26% | +0.21% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 0.90% | 1.05% | +0.15% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 0.90% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| checkpoint | firewall-1 | r55w | cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:r55w:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| checkpoint | firewall-1 | r55w | cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:r55w:hfa1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| checkpoint | firewall-1 | r55w | cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:r55w:hfa2:*:*:*:*:*:* |