MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2005-4093

Secureclient Ng vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Check Point VPN-1 SecureClient NG with Application Intelligence R56, NG FP1, 4.0, and 4.1 allows remote attackers to bypass security policies by modifying the local copy of the local.scv policy file after it has been downloaded from the VPN Endpoint.
Affected vendor
Checkpoint
Affected product
Secureclient Ng
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2005-12-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% 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-2005-4093

  • Confirm whether Checkpoint Secureclient Ng is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-4093.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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