5.0
MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2002-1623
Cisco VPN IKE Identifiers Information Leak
Description

The design of the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) protocol, when using Aggressive Mode for shared secret authentication, does not encrypt initiator or responder identities during negotiation, which may allow remote attackers to determine valid usernames by (1) monitoring responses before the password is supplied or (2) sniffing, as originally reported for FireWall-1 SecuRemote.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 31, 2002, 5 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2002-1623 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Checkpoint vpn-1_firewall-1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • - Disable Aggressive Mode if supported. - Do not use Pre-Shared key for authentication if it's possible. - If using Pre-Shared key cannot be avoided, use very strong keys. - If possible, do not allow VPN connections from any IP addresses. Note that this plugin does not run over IPv6.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2002-1623 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2002-1623 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2002-1623 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2002-1623 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-September/001223.html
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103124812629621&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103176164729351&w=2
    Added Reference http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/alerts/ike.html
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886601
    Added Reference http://www.nta-monitor.com/news/checkpoint.htm
    Added Reference http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5TP040U8AW.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/290202
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5607
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10034
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/10034 [Patch]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10034 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103176164729351&w=2
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103124812629621&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103124812629621&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103176164729351&w=2
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 19, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

78.56 }} 61.88%

score

0.98990

percentile