FKIE_CVE-2023-44219

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-10-27 08:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:27
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in SonicWall Directory Services Connector Windows MSI client 4.1.21 and earlier versions allows a local low-privileged user to gain system privileges through running the recovery feature.
References
PSIRT@sonicwall.comhttps://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2023-0016Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2023-0016Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sonicwall directory_services_connector *
microsoft windows -
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