Low-privileged client configuration modification
Published Apr 10, 2025 · Updated Apr 10, 2025
Improper privilege management in SonicWall NetExtender 10.3.1 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to modify configurations. SonicWall has not published the affected component or the operation that improperly grants configuration-writing authority. Exploitation requires low privileges, physical access, and user interaction; the disclosed consequence is modification of client configurations.
Summary
What happened
Improper privilege management in SonicWall NetExtender 10.3.1 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to modify configurations. SonicWall has not published the affected component or the operation that improperly grants configuration-writing authority. Exploitation requires low privileges, physical access, and user interaction; the disclosed consequence is modification of client configurations.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-23008
- Published
- Apr 10, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 10, 2025
- Vendor
- SonicWall
- Product
- NetExtender
- Classifications
- CWE-250
- Attack vector
- physical
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 10, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.3.1 and earlier versions
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