CVE-2024-12728

Dec. 19, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

9.8
Critical

Description

A weak credentials vulnerability potentially allows privileged system access via SSH to Sophos Firewall older than version 20.0 MR3 (20.0.3).

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
Sophos Firewall
  • ['before 20.0.3']

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-1391
Use of Weak Credentials
The product uses weak credentials (such as a default key or hard-coded password) that can be calculated, derived, reused, or guessed by an attacker.

References

https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20241219-sfos-rce

Tags

CWE-1391
security-alert@sophos.com
2024-12-19
CVE-2024-12728

CVSS Score

9.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: Dec. 19, 2024, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Dec. 19, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security-alert@sophos.com

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