HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-8420

Analyzer vulnerability

CVSS
9.0
EPSS
24.0%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
The ViewPoint web application in Dell SonicWALL Global Management System (GMS) before 7.2 SP2, SonicWALL Analyzer before 7.2 SP2, and SonicWALL UMA before 7.2 SP2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Affected vendor
Sonicwall
Affected product
Analyzer
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2014-11-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 24.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Sonicwall Analyzer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-8420.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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