{"id":178,"created_when":"2023-12-04T15:17:50Z","created_by":"arun","updated_when":"2023-12-04T15:17:50Z","updated_by":"arun","advisory_id":"SNWLID-2023-0018","title":"SonicWall SSL-VPN SMA100 Version 10.x Is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities","published_when":"2023-12-04T15:17:50Z","last_updated_when":"2025-04-29T12:51:15Z","impact":"high","cvss":"7.2","cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvss_version":3.0,"cwe":"CWE-78, CWE-287","cve":"CVE-2023-44221, CVE-2023-5970","cpe":"","summary":"<p>\r\n\r\n</p><p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(181, 99, 8);\">1) CVE-2023-44221 - Post Authentication OS Command Injection Vulnerability</span><br></p><p>Improper neutralization of special elements in the SMA100 SSL-VPN management interface allows a remote authenticated attacker with administrative privilege to inject arbitrary commands as a 'nobody' user, potentially leading to OS Command Injection Vulnerability.\r\n<br></p><p>CVSS Score: 7.2<br>\r\nCVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H<br>\r\nCWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')\r\n\r\n</p><p><span style=\"color: rgb(181, 99, 8);\">IMPACT:</span><span style=\"color: rgb(231, 148, 57);\">\r\n</span>\r\nAs outlined in SNWLID-2023-0018, successfully leveraging CVE-2023-44221 against impacted SMA 100 devices can result in the post-authenticated remote attacker with administrative privilege being able to inject arbitrary commands which can potentially lead to OS command execution on the appliance.<br></p><p></p><p><br></p><p>\r\n\r\n</p><p><span style=\"color: rgb(196, 89, 17); font-size: 11pt;\">2) CVE-2023-5970 - Post Authentication External User MFA Bypass Vulnerability</span><br></p><p>Improper authentication in the SMA100 SSL-VPN virtual office portal allows a remote authenticated attacker to create an identical external domain user, resulting in an MFA bypass.<br></p><p>CVSS Score: 6.3<br>\r\nCVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L<br>\r\nCWE-287: Improper Authentication\r\n\r\n</p><p></p><span style=\"color: rgb(181, 99, 8);\">IMPACT:</span><span style=\"color: rgb(231, 148, 57);\">\r\n</span>\r\nAs outlined in SNWLID-2023-0018, successfully leveraging CVE-2023-5970 against impacted SMA 100 devices can result in the post-authenticated remote attacker being able to bypass the SMA100 MFA feature which can potentially lead to access to the globally defined SSL-VPN portal bookmarks and resources in the appliance.<br><p></p><p></p><p><br>SonicWall strongly advises SMA 100 series product users, which include SMA 200, 210, 400, 410, and 500v products to upgrade to the mentioned fixed release version.</p><p></p>","is_workaround_available":false,"workaround":"None.","detail":"<p><b style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);\">Note: During further analysis, SonicWall and trusted security partners identified that 'CVE-2023-44221 - Post Authentication OS Command Injection' vulnerability is potentially being exploited in the wild. </b></p><p><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);\"><b> SMA100 devices updated with the fixed firmware version 10.2.1.10-62sv or latest release version are not vulnerable to CVE-2023-44221 exploitation. SonicWall PSIRT recommends that customers review their SMA devices to ensure no unauthorized logins.</b></span></p>","affected_products":"<table class=\"MsoNormalTable\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"85%\" style=\"width: 85.62%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none;\"><tbody><tr>\r\n  <td width=\"38%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:38.16%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;background:#ED7D31;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\">\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:13.8pt;vertical-align:\r\n  baseline\"><b><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;\r\n  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:white;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN\">Impacted\r\n  Product(s)</span></b></p>\r\n  </td>\r\n  <td width=\"61%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:61.84%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:\r\n  solid windowtext .5pt;background:#ED7D31;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\">\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:13.8pt;vertical-align:\r\n  baseline\"><b><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;\r\n  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:white;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN\">Impacted\r\n  Versions</span></b><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Conv_AktivGroteskStdReg&quot;,serif;\r\n  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\r\n  color:#101010;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN\"><o:p></o:p></span></p>\r\n  </td>\r\n </tr>\r\n <tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:20.35pt\">\r\n  <td width=\"38%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:38.16%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;\r\n  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:20.35pt\">\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:13.8pt;vertical-align:\r\n  baseline\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;\">SMA\r\n  100 Series<br>\r\n  </span></b><i><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;\">(SMA\r\n  200, 210, 400, 410, 500v)</span></i><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\r\n  &quot;Conv_AktivGroteskStdReg&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\r\n  mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#101010;mso-fareast-language:\r\n  EN-IN\"><o:p></o:p></span></p>\r\n  </td>\r\n  <td width=\"61%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:61.84%;border-top:none;border-left:\r\n  none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;\r\n  mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:20.35pt\">\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:\r\n  13.8pt;vertical-align:baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">10.2.1.9-57sv and earlier versions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>\r\n  </td>\r\n </tr>\r\n</tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody></table><p></p>","fixed_software":"<table class=\"MsoNormalTable\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"85%\" style=\"width: 85.62%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none;\"><tbody><tr>\r\n  <td width=\"38%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:38.16%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;background:#ED7D31;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\">\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:13.8pt;vertical-align:\r\n  baseline\"><b><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;\r\n  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:white;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN\">Fixed Product(s)</span></b></p>\r\n  </td>\r\n  <td width=\"61%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:61.84%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:\r\n  solid windowtext .5pt;background:#ED7D31;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\">\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:13.8pt;vertical-align:\r\n  baseline\"><b><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;\r\n  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:white;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN\">Fixed Versions</span></b><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Conv_AktivGroteskStdReg&quot;,serif;\r\n  mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\r\n  color:#101010;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN\"><o:p></o:p></span></p>\r\n  </td>\r\n </tr>\r\n <tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:20.35pt\">\r\n  <td width=\"38%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:38.16%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;\r\n  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:20.35pt\">\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:13.8pt;vertical-align:\r\n  baseline\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;\">SMA\r\n  100 Series<br>\r\n  </span></b><i><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;\">(SMA\r\n  200, 210, 400, 410, 500v)</span></i><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\r\n  &quot;Conv_AktivGroteskStdReg&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\r\n  mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#101010;mso-fareast-language:\r\n  EN-IN\"><o:p></o:p></span></p>\r\n  </td>\r\n  <td width=\"61%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:61.84%;border-top:none;border-left:\r\n  none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;\r\n  mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:20.35pt\">\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:\r\n  13.8pt;vertical-align:baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">10.2.1.10-62sv and higher versions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>\r\n  </td>\r\n </tr>\r\n</tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody></table><p></p>","credits":"<table class=\"MsoNormalTable\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"300\" style=\"width: 224.85pt;\">\r\n <tbody><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;height:.2in\">\r\n  <td width=\"121\" nowrap=\"\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:90.7pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  mso-border-top-alt:1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:\r\n  .5pt;mso-border-right-alt:.5pt;mso-border-color-alt:windowtext;mso-border-style-alt:\r\n  solid;background:#ED7D31;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in\">\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center;\r\n  line-height:normal\">Vulnerabilities<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n  </td>\r\n  <td width=\"179\" nowrap=\"\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:134.15pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  border-left:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:\r\n  solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:\r\n  #ED7D31;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in\">\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center;\r\n  line-height:normal\">Reporter(s)<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n  </td>\r\n </tr>\r\n <tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:1;height:.2in\">\r\n  <td width=\"121\" nowrap=\"\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:90.7pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  border-top:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:\r\n  solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:\r\n  0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in\">\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center;\r\n  line-height:normal\">CVE-2023-44221<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n  </td>\r\n  <td width=\"179\" nowrap=\"\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:134.15pt;border-top:none;\r\n  border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in\">\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;\">Wenjie Zhong (H4lo) Webin lab of DBappSecurity Co., Ltd.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n  </td>\r\n </tr>\r\n <tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:2;height:.2in\">\r\n  <td width=\"121\" nowrap=\"\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:90.7pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  border-top:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:\r\n  solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:\r\n  0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in\">\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center;\r\n  line-height:normal\">CVE-2023-5970<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n  </td>\r\n  <td width=\"179\" nowrap=\"\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:134.15pt;border-top:none;\r\n  border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in\">\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;\">Michel Toussaint<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n  </td>\r\n </tr>\r\n </tbody></table><p><br></p><p></p>","revision_history":"<ul class=\"summary-detail-item-label-group\">\r\n    <li class=\"summary-detail-label\">Version</li>\r\n    <li class=\"summary-detail-item\"><p>1.0</p></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul class=\"summary-detail-item-label-group\">\r\n    <li class=\"summary-detail-label\">Date</li>\r\n    <li class=\"summary-detail-item\">\r\n        <p>04-Dec-2023</p>\r\n    </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul class=\"summary-detail-item-label-group\">\r\n    <li class=\"summary-detail-label\">Description</li>\r\n    <li class=\"summary-detail-item\"><p>Initial Release.</p></li><p>---------------------------------------</p></ul>\r\n<ul class=\"summary-detail-item-label-group\">\r\n    <li class=\"summary-detail-label\">Version</li>\r\n    <li class=\"summary-detail-item\"><p>1.1</p></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul class=\"summary-detail-item-label-group\">\r\n    <li class=\"summary-detail-label\">Date</li>\r\n    <li class=\"summary-detail-item\">\r\n        <p>29-Apr-2025</p>\r\n    </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul class=\"summary-detail-item-label-group\">\r\n    <li class=\"summary-detail-label\">Description</li>\r\n    <li class=\"summary-detail-item\"><p>Comment added - During further analysis, SonicWall and trusted security partners identified that 'CVE-2023-44221 - Post Authentication OS Command Injection' vulnerability is potentially being exploited in the wild.</p></li>\r\n</ul>","references":"https://www.sonicwall.com/support/notices/231127094418307","vuln_status":"Applicable","status":"published","is_published":true,"patterns":[{"id":4,"pattern":"^(?:[0-9]\\.\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+-\\d+sv|10\\.[0-1]\\.\\d+\\.\\d+-\\d+sv|10\\.2\\.0\\.\\d+-\\d+sv|10\\.2\\.1\\.[0-8]-\\d+sv|10\\.2\\.1\\.9-(?:[0-9]|[1-4]\\d|5[0-6])sv|10\\.2\\.1\\.9-57sv)$","name":"Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 Series"}],"vulnerable_products":[{"id":4,"name":"Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 Series"}]}