CVE-2021-20023 (GCVE-0-2021-20023)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-20 11:55
Modified
2025-02-06 19:51
Severity ?
4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
SonicWall Email Security version 10.0.9.x contains a vulnerability that allows a post-authenticated attacker to read an arbitrary file on the remote host.
References
PSIRT@sonicwall.comhttps://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0010Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0010Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SonicWall Email Security Version: 10.0.9 and earlier
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CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2021-11-03

Due date: 2021-11-17

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Known

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20023

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