$ cve CVE-2009-1227 JSON

CVE-2009-1227 EXPLOIT

10.0

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.2% (pctl 94)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor. Buffer overflow in the PKI Web Service in Check Point Firewall-1 PKI Web Service allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) Authorization or (2) Referer HTTP header to TCP port 18624. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this issue, stating "Check Point Security Alert Team has analyzed this report. We've tried to reproduce the attack on all VPN-1 versions from NG FP2 and above with and without HFAs. The issue was not reproduced. We have conducted a thorough analysis of the relevant code and verified that we are secure against this attack. We consider this attack to pose no risk to Check Point customers." In addition, the original researcher, whose reliability is unknown as of 20090407, also states that the issue "was discovered during a pen-test where the client would not allow further analysis.

Scoring

CVSS	10.0 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	7.2% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-119
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2009-04-02
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (1)

Vendor	Product
checkpoint	firewall-1 pki web service

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Check Point Firewall-1 - PKI Web Service HTTP Header Remote Overflow	2009-03-30

References

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