Sophos Firewall up to 21.0 Secure PDF eXchange Configuration sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in Sophos Firewall up to 21.0. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Secure PDF eXchange Configuration Handler. Performing a manipulation results in sql injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-12727. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Sophos Firewall up to 21.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Secure PDF eXchange Configuration Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A pre-auth SQL injection vulnerability in the email protection feature of Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) allows access to the reporting database and can lead to remote code execution if a specific configuration of Secure PDF eXchange (SPX) is enabled in combination with the firewall running in High Availability (HA) mode.

It is possible to read the advisory at sophos.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-12727 since 12/17/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying the patch 21.0 MR1 is able to eliminate this problem.

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• Firewall Software

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• Sophos

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• Firewall

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• 21.0

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.sophos.com/

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