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CVE-2025-40602


A local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insufficient authorization in the SonicWall SMA1000 appliance management console (AMC).


Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.6, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network but requires specific conditions to be met without requiring user interaction . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 9 products from sonicwall, from sonicwall, from sonicwall and 6 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2025, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.


Published

2025-12-18T11:15:46.760

Last Modified

2025-12-19T13:57:43.150

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.6 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-250
    CWE-862

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System sonicwall sma6200_firmware < 12.4.3-03245 Yes
Operating System sonicwall sma6200_firmware < 12.5.0-02283 Yes
Hardware sonicwall sma6200 - No
Operating System sonicwall sma6210_firmware < 12.4.3-03245 Yes
Operating System sonicwall sma6210_firmware < 12.5.0-02283 Yes
Hardware sonicwall sma6210 - No
Operating System sonicwall sma7200_firmware < 12.4.3-03245 Yes
Operating System sonicwall sma7200_firmware < 12.5.0-02283 Yes
Hardware sonicwall sma7200 - No
Operating System sonicwall sma7210_firmware < 12.4.3-03245 Yes
Operating System sonicwall sma7210_firmware < 12.5.0-02283 Yes
Hardware sonicwall sma7210 - No
Application sonicwall sma8200v < 12.4.3-03245 Yes
Application sonicwall sma8200v < 12.5.0-02283 Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For sonicwall's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.