Check Point Advisories

Directory Traversal Over SMTP

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2024-1072
Date Published:	30 Dec 2024
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Monday 30 December, 2024
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A directory traversal vulnerability exists in SMTP servers. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to create arbitrary files on the target file system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Directory Traversal Over SMTP protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: NNTP Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Directory Traversal Over SMTP