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5,000+ SonicWall firewalls are still vulnerable to attack via a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-53704) that, according to SonicWall, should be considered “at imminent risk of exploitation”. The warning came last week from Bishop Fox researchers, after they successfully exploited the vulnerability on unpatched SonicWall firewalls and announced they will be releasing details of their exploit code on February 10. “Although significant reverse-engineering effort was required to find and exploit the vulnerability, the exploit itself is rather … More → The post 5,000+ SonicWall firewalls still open to attack (CVE-2024-53704) appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Related Vulnerability
DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
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2025-01-09 | CVE-2024-53704 | Unspecified vulnerability in Sonicwall Sonicos An Improper Authentication vulnerability in the SSLVPN authentication mechanism allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication. | 9.8 |