CVE-2021-20021 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A vulnerability in the SonicWall Email Security version 10.0.9.x allows an attacker to create an administrative account by sending a crafted HTTP request to the remote host.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is in the KEV database since Nov. 3, 2021.

Exploitation active

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Sonicwall	Email Security Hosted Email Security

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sonicwall:email_security::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:sonicwall:hosted_email_security::::::::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0007

History

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2021-11-03'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: sonicwall

Published: 2021-04-09T17:50:14.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-06T19:53:36.478Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-20021

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:30:07.089Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-04-09T18:15:13.380

Modified: 2025-02-06T20:15:35.687

Link: CVE-2021-20021

Redhat

No data.

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