Vulnerability Report

CVE-2001-1176

RCE

Title: FireWall-1 authenticated admin format string RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2001-1176.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jul 12, 2001

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.76%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2001-1176: Format string vulnerability in Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 4.1 allows a remote authenticated firewall administrator to execute arbitrary code via format strings in the control connection.

Impacted Vendors

checkpoint 3

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0209.html http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/alerts/format_strings.html http://www.osvdb.org/1901 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3021 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6849 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0209.html http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/alerts/format_strings.html http://www.osvdb.org/1901 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3021 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6849

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2001-1176 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 12, 2001 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.