Dell SonicWall Scrutinizer 11.0.1 Change Password savePrefs access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Dell SonicWall Scrutinizer 11.0.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Change Password. Executing a manipulation of the argument savePrefs can lead to access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2014-4976. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell SonicWall Scrutinizer 11.0.1 (Firewall Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Change Password. The manipulation of the argument savePrefs with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Dell SonicWall Scrutinizer 11.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to change user passwords via the user ID in the savePrefs parameter in a change password request to cgi-bin/admin.cgi.

The weakness was presented 07/16/2014 by Brandon Perry (Website). The advisory is available at gist.github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-4976 since 07/16/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (94438) and SecurityFocus (BID 68495†). See VDB-70379 for similar entry. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Access: Public
Status: Functional

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03/24/2022 +2555 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: 127429
Researcher: Brandon Perry
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-4976 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4976
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-70378
X-Force: 94438 - Dell SonicWALL Scrutinizer /cgi-bin/admin.cgi security bypass
SecurityFocus: 68495

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 12:07
Updated: 03/24/2022 21:16
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 (52), 03/05/2018 08:24 (6), 03/24/2022 21:16 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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