THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2004-0040
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2004-0040

Firewall 1 vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
7.6%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in Check Point VPN-1 Server 4.1 through 4.1 SP6 and Check Point SecuRemote/SecureClient 4.1 through 4.1 build 4200 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an ISAKMP packet with a large Certificate Request packet.
Affected vendor
Checkpoint
Affected product
Firewall 1
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2004-03-03

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 7.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2004-0040

  • Confirm whether Checkpoint Firewall 1 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2004-0040.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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