Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
A Check Point R75.47 gateway or management server could fail to enforce anti-spoofing correctly after routing changes and a topology discovery action. In business terms, a firewall control intended to block traffic pretending to come from an unauthorized network may not work as expected.
Executive priority
Treat this as an exposure-confirmation item first. If R75.47 protects important network boundaries, raise priority because the issue concerns firewall enforcement, not a minor application bug. Remediation should follow Check Point guidance.
Technical view
CVE-2014-1672 describes improper anti-spoofing enforcement in Check Point R75.47 Security Gateway and Management Server when the routing table is modified and "Get - Interfaces with Topology" is performed, allowing bypass of intended access restrictions. The bundle provides no CVSS, CWE, CPE, or detailed patch data.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most relevant where Check Point R75.47 is still used on perimeter, segmentation, or management infrastructure and topology is recalculated after route changes. The source bundle does not identify other affected versions or products.
Exploitation context
No active exploitation is stated in the provided sources, and the CVE is not listed as KEV. The described attack context is a security-bypass condition tied to routing table changes and interface topology retrieval, but public exploit details are not provided in the bundle.
Researcher notes
The public record is sparse: no CVSS, CWE, CPE list, exploit evidence, or detailed remediation text appears in the provided bundle. Analysis should remain limited to the stated R75.47 anti-spoofing bypass condition and the two cited references.
Mitigation direction
- Identify any Check Point R75.47 gateways or management servers in production.
- Review Check Point SK98087 for the vendor-supported fix or workaround.
- Prioritize remediation for perimeter and segmentation firewalls first.
- Verify anti-spoofing policy after routing or topology changes.
- If unsupported, plan migration to a supported Check Point release.
Validation and detection
- Confirm appliance and management server versions from asset inventory.
- Check whether anti-spoofing is enabled on relevant interfaces.
- Review recent routing table and topology discovery changes.
- Test that intended access restrictions still block spoofed network paths.
- Document compensating controls where remediation is pending.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
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- CVSS
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- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- checkpoint-gateway-cve20141672-sec-bypass(90976)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk98087CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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