CVE-2001-1171: Check Point Firewall-1

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Check Point Firewall-1 3.0b through 4.0 SP1 follows symlinks and creates a world-writable temporary .cpp file when compiling Policy rules, which could allow local users to gain privileges or modify the firewall policy.

Affected products

• Check Point Firewall-1: version 3.0b only

Published 2002-04-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.