Critical Check Point Management Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root

A critical vulnerability in Check Point's Security Management and Log Servers could allow an attacker without login credentials to run code as root on those servers over the network. The Security Management Server is the system that cont…
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