CVE-2024-22398 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) vulnerability in SonicWall Email Security Appliance could allow a remote attacker with administrative privileges to conduct a directory traversal attack and delete arbitrary files from the appliance file system.

Published: 2024-03-14

Score: 4.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

SonicWall

Email Security

unknown

Version	Status	Constraints
`10.0.26.7807 and earlier versions`	affected	—

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Vendor	Product	Confidence	Versions
Sonicwall	Email Security	—	—

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00224.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2024-0006

History

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 23:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-23
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}`

Subscriptions

Sonicwall Email Security

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: sonicwall

Published: 2024-03-14T03:29:03.884Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T21:19:19.995Z

Reserved: 2024-01-10T09:52:23.463Z

Link: CVE-2024-22398

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:43:34.875Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-03-14T04:15:09.417

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-22398

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:31:16Z

Weaknesses

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