PT-2020-18271 · Sonicwall · Sonicwall Netextender

Published 2020-07-17 · Updated 2020-07-22 · CVE-2020-5131

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SonicWall NetExtender Windows client versions 9.0.815 and earlier

Description The issue allows an attacker to perform an arbitrary file write, which can be used to overwrite a DLL and execute code with the same privilege as the host operating system.

Recommendations For versions 9.0.815 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-5131

Affected Products

Sonicwall Netextender

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5131 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5131 · Security Note
• https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2020-0004 · Vendor Advisory