Medium severity · published Oct 12, 2020
CVE-2020-5141
A vulnerability in SonicOS allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to brute force Virtual Assist ticket ID in the firewall SSLVPN service
6.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in SonicOS allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to brute force Virtual Assist ticket ID in the firewall SSLVPN service. This vulnerability affected SonicOS Gen 5 version 5.9.1.7, 5.9.1.13, Gen 6 version 6.5.4.7, 6.5.1.12, 6.0.5.3, SonicOSv 6.5.4.v and Gen 7 version SonicOS 7.0.0.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SO
Sonicos · Sonicwall
through 5.9.1.13; 6.0.0.0 through 6.0.5.3; 6.5.0.0 through 6.5.1.11; 6.5.4.0 through 6.5.4.7; 7.0.0.0 · source: NVD
SO
Sonicosv · Sonicwall
through 6.5.4.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5141
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5141
Vendor Advisory
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2020-0016
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