Check Point Firewall-1 session agent 3.0 through 4.1 generates different error messages for invalid user names versus invalid passwords, wh…

Published 25 y ago 2000-11-29 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

7.5

v2.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

3.3%

percentile 89%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.35% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-20216 Check Point Software Firewall-1 3.0/1 4.0/1 4.1 - Session Agent Dictionary Attack (2) · remote · 2000-10-01
EDB-20215 Check Point Software Firewall-1 3.0/1 4.0/1 4.1 - Session Agent Dictionary Attack (1) · remote · 2000-08-15

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	2.0	7.5	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

References

securityfocus.com /bid/1662 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /archive/1/76389 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2000-1037
NVD: CVE-2000-1037

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Summary

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

Exploits and detections

CVSS scores

References

Sources