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CVE-2021-20025 (GCVE-0-2021-20025)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-13 14:45 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:30
VLAI
Summary
SonicWall Email Security Virtual Appliance version 10.0.9 and earlier versions contain a default username and a password that is used at initial setup. An attacker could exploit this transitional/temporary user account from the trusted domain to access the Virtual Appliance remotely only when the device is freshly installed and not connected to Mysonicwall.
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SonicWall Email Security Virtual Appliance Affected: 10.0.9 and earlier
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