A vulnerability has been found in SonicWall Email Security 10.0.9.x (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality.

The weakness was released 04/20/2021 as SNWLID-2021-0010. The advisory is shared for download at psirt.global.sonicwall.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-20023. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

It is declared as highly functional. This issue was added on 11/03/2021 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 11/17/2021:

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There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Anti-Malware Software

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• SonicWall

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• Email Security

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• 10.0.9.x

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• commercial

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