CVE-2000-0779

High CVSS 7.5

Published 2000-10-20 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0779, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Checkpoint Firewall-1 with the RSH/REXEC setting enabled allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions and connect to a RSH/REXEC client via malformed connection requests.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0779

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