fkie_cve-2021-20023
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2021-04-20 12:15
Modified
2025-11-12 14:32
Severity ?
4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-20023US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sonicwall email_security *
microsoft windows -
sonicwall email_security_appliance_9000_firmware *
sonicwall email_security_appliance_9000 -
sonicwall email_security_appliance_3300_firmware *
sonicwall email_security_appliance_3300 -
sonicwall email_security_appliance_4300_firmware *
sonicwall email_security_appliance_4300 -
sonicwall email_security_appliance_8300_firmware *
sonicwall email_security_appliance_8300 -
sonicwall email_security_appliance_5000_firmware *
sonicwall email_security_appliance_5000 -
sonicwall email_security_appliance_7000_firmware *
sonicwall email_security_appliance_7000 -
sonicwall email_security_appliance_5050_firmware *
sonicwall email_security_appliance_5050 -
sonicwall email_security_appliance_7050_firmware *
sonicwall email_security_appliance_7050 -
sonicwall email_security_virtual_appliance *
sonicwall hosted_email_security *


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