THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2000-1037
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2000-1037

Firewall 1 vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Check Point Firewall-1 session agent 3.0 through 4.1 generates different error messages for invalid user names versus invalid passwords, which allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames and guess a password via a brute force attack.
Affected vendor
Checkpoint
Affected product
Firewall 1
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2000-12-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2000-1037

  • Confirm whether Checkpoint Firewall 1 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2000-1037.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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