6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
9.7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
Dell SonicWall NetExtender is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:sonicwall:netextender";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.806043");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-4173");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-08 13:38:49 +0530 (Tue, 08 Sep 2015)");
script_name("Dell SonicWall NetExtender Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Dell SonicWall NetExtender is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to Unquoted Windows
search path vulnerability in the autorun value upon installation of the product.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attacker
privileged code execution upon administrative login.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Dell SonicWall NetExtender version before
7.5.227 and before 8.0.238 on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to firmware version 7.5.227 or 8.0.238 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133302");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_dell_sonicwall_netextender_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Dell/SonicWall/NetExtender/Win/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "7.5.227")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.5.227", install_path: location);
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "8.0", test_version2: "8.0.237")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "8.0.238", install_path: location);
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);