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Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-20021

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Detection and validation

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  • Sigma

    Not mapped by tracked sources.

  • Atomic

    Not mapped by tracked sources.

  • Nuclei

    SonicWall Email Security <= 10.0.9.x - Unauthenticated Admin Account Creation. Check identifier: CVE-2021-20021.

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  • Metasploit

    Not mapped by tracked sources.

What it is

Reported

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.

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What is affected

Reported

SonicWall; SonicWall Email Security. Product-level identification only; no affected-version conclusion is available from this field.

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Urgency and basis

Reported

Act now · 570.1

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Exploitation evidence

Reported

Active exploitation · CISA KEV · VulnCheck KEV · ENISA exploited-vulnerability catalog

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What to do

Reported

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Source remediation ↗

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