CVE-2008-1397

6.5 MEDIUM 2% exploit odds Fix listed

What it is

Check Point VPN-1 Power/UTM, with NGX R60 through R65 and NG AI R55 software, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (site-to-site VPN tunnel outage), and possibly intercept network traffic, by configuring the local RFC1918 IP address to be the same as one of this tunnel's endpoint RFC1918 IP addresses, and then using SecuRemote to connect to a network interface at the other endpoint.

At a glance

Exploitability: Can be exploited over the network with a login. Limited direct impact.
Exploit odds: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Fix: A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

2008-03-20 00:44 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2026-06-16 22:51 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
Exploit odds: 2.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Severity: 6.5 MEDIUM (CVSS).
Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.

Details

Published: 2008-03-20 00:44 UTC
Last modified: 2026-06-16 22:51 UTC
Exploit probability: 2.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
Weakness: CWE-264
Record status: Modified

Affected

Checkpoint Check Point vpn-1 Pro ngx_r61
Checkpoint Check Point vpn-1 Pro ngx_r62_ga
Checkpoint vpn-1 ngx_r60
Checkpoint vpn-1 firewall-1 ng_ai_r55
Checkpoint vpn-1 Power Utm ngx_r65_with_messaging_security
Checkpoint vpn-1 Power Utm With Ngx r65

Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 6.5

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Authentication: Single
Confidentiality: Partial
Integrity: Partial
Availability: Partial

Raw vector

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

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Fix and advisories

References

NVD record · CVE.org record