CVE-2021-20023 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

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

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Sonicwall	Email Security Hosted Email Security

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sonicwall:email_security::::::email_security_virtual_appliance::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sonicwall:email_security::::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sonicwall:hosted_email_security::::::::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0010

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2021-11-03'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: sonicwall

Published: 2021-04-20T11:55:13.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-06T19:51:58.557Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-20023

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:30:07.261Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-04-20T12:15:12.587

Modified: 2025-03-14T17:08:56.353

Link: CVE-2021-20023

Redhat

No data.

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