SonicOS Admin Absolute Path Traversal Enables Post-Auth File Read
CVE-2024-12806 Published on January 9, 2025

A post-authentication absolute path traversal vulnerability in SonicOS management allows a remote attacker to read an arbitrary file.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2024-12806 is exploitable with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
HIGH
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
NONE

Weakness Type

Path Traversal: '/absolute/pathname/here'

A software system that accepts input in the form of a slash absolute path ('/absolute/pathname/here') without appropriate validation can allow an attacker to traverse the file system to unintended locations or access arbitrary files.


Products Associated with CVE-2024-12806

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Affected Versions

SonicWall SonicOS:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.09%
Percentile
26.09%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.