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CVE-2021-20021 - SonicWall Email Security Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

Project:SonicWall

Product:SonicWall Email Security

Date Added:2021-11-03Due Date:2021-11-17

Vulnerability Name

SonicWall Email Security Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

Description

SonicWall Email Security contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that allows an attacker to create an administrative account by sending a crafted HTTP request to the remote host. This vulnerability has known usage in a SonicWall Email Security exploit chain along with CVE-2021-20022 and CVE-2021-20023 to achieve privilege escalation.

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns?

Known

Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Additional Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20021