Vigil@nce - Check Point Gaia: privilege escalation via Administrator Password Reset
April 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: GAiA, CheckPoint Security Gateway.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights.
Provenance: intranet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 31/01/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via Administrator Password
Reset of Check Point Gaia, in order to escalate his privileges.
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