Is CVE-1999-1204 being actively exploited?

CVE-1999-1204 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-1999-1204?

CVE-1999-1204 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-1999-1204

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 1.4%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS score: 1.4% (71th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-1999-1185)
Published: May 11, 1998
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-1999-1185 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 1, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

checkpoint / firewall-1

Certified products that may be affected

4 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

VPN-1 [1] and Security Gateway with firewall and vpn Software Blades [2] - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. - FIPS 140 1219 - historical
Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 NGX - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0033-2006 - archived
Check Point Software Technologies Incorporated VPN-1/FireWall-1 Next Generation Feature Pack 1 - Check Point Software Technologies Incorporated - Common Criteria 383-4-41 - archived

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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