CVE-1999-1204

critical

Description

Check Point Firewall-1 does not properly handle certain restricted keywords (e.g., Mail, auth, time) in user-defined objects, which could produce a rule with a default "ANY" address and result in access to more systems than intended by the administrator.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7293

http://www.osvdb.org/4416

http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/config/keywords.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221101925912&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1998-05-11

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0057