Description
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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 2
- Check Point Software Firewall-1 3.0/1 4.0/1 4.1 - Session Agent Dictionary Attack (2) EDB-20216 · remote · Oct 1, 2000 · verified
- Check Point Software Firewall-1 3.0/1 4.0/1 4.1 - Session Agent Dictionary Attack (1) EDB-20215 · remote · Aug 15, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1662 vdb-entry
- 20000815 Firewall-1 session agent 3.0 -> 4.1, dictionnary and brute force attack mailing-list