Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 4.1 base.def contains a default macro, accept_fw1_rdp, which can allow remote attackers to bypass intended…

Description

Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 4.1 base.def contains a default macro, accept_fw1_rdp, which can allow remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions with forged RDP (internal protocol) headers to UDP port 259 of arbitrary hosts.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 2952 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20010709 Check Point FireWall-1 RDP Bypass Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20010712 RDP Bypass workaround for VPN-1/FireWall 4.1 SPx (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CHECKPOINTx_transferred
• VU#310295 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• CA-2001-17 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• L-109 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
• 20010709 Check Point response to RDP Bypass (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 1884 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• fw1-rdp-bypass(6815) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 04:44 UTC.