CVE-2015-4173

Dell SonicWall NetExtender 7.5.215 Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the autorun value in Dell SonicWall NetExtender before 7.5.227 and 8.0.x before 8.0.238, as used in the SRA firmware before 7.5.1.2-40sv and 8.x before 8.0.0.3-23sv, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder.

Vulnerabilidad en búsqueda de directorio sin entrecomillar en Windows en el valor autorun en Dell SonicWall NetExtender en versiones anteriores a 7.5.227 y 8.0.x en versiones anteriores a 8.0.238, tal como se utiliza en el firmware SRA en versiones anteriores a 7.5.1.2-40sv y 8.x en versiones anteriores a 8.0.0.3-23sv, permite a usuarios locales obtener privilegios a través de un Troyano en la carpeta %SYSTEMDRIVE%.

Dell SonicWall NetExtender version 7.5.215 suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-06-03 CVE Reserved
2015-08-25 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133302/Dell-SonicWall-NetExtender-7.5.215-Privilege-Escalation.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536303/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033417	Third Party Advisory
https://support.software.dell.com/product-notification/157537	Broken Link

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Sonicwall Search vendor "Sonicwall"		Netextender Search vendor "Sonicwall" for product "Netextender"				< 7.5.227 Search vendor "Sonicwall" for product "Netextender" and version " < 7.5.227"		windows		Affected
Sonicwall Search vendor "Sonicwall"		Netextender Search vendor "Sonicwall" for product "Netextender"				>= 8.0 < 8.0.238 Search vendor "Sonicwall" for product "Netextender" and version " >= 8.0 < 8.0.238"		windows		Affected