SonicWall Directory Services Connector 4.1.21 on Windows Recovery privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in SonicWall Directory Services Connector 4.1.21 on Windows. This affects an unknown part of the component Recovery. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-44219. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SonicWall Directory Services Connector 4.1.21 on Windows (Firewall Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Recovery. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in SonicWall Directory Services Connector Windows MSI client 4.1.21 and earlier versions allows a local low-privileged user to gain system privileges through running the recovery feature.

The weakness was disclosed 10/27/2023 as SNWLID-2023-0016. It is possible to read the advisory at psirt.global.sonicwall.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-44219 since 09/26/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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09/26/2023 🔍
10/27/2023 +31 days 🔍
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11/19/2023 +23 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sonicwall.com

Advisory: SNWLID-2023-0016
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-44219 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-44219
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-243707

Entryinfo

Created: 10/27/2023 11:12
Updated: 11/19/2023 08:27
Changes: 10/27/2023 11:12 (41), 11/19/2023 08:27 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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