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CVE-2021-20022 · netVigilance record NV21-0194

SonicWall Email Security Unrestricted Upload of File

past due ransomware

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA deadline 2021-11-17 · passed 4 years 9 months ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA

What happened

SonicWall Email Security contains an unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type vulnerability that allows a post-authenticated attacker to upload a file to the remote host. This vulnerability has known usage in a SonicWall Email Security exploit chain along with CVE-2021-20021 and CVE-2021-20023 to achieve privilege escalation.

Who is affected

SonicWall SonicWall Email Security. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.

Weakness class: CWE-434.

Timeline

  1. Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
  2. CISA remediation deadlinepassed 4 years 9 months ago

Sources