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Improper Authentication

CVE-2012-2626

Medium
5/10

Summary

cgi-bin/admin.cgi in the web console in Plixer Scrutinizer (aka Dell SonicWALL Scrutinizer) before 9.5.0 does not require token authentication, which allows remote attackers to add administrative accounts via a userprefs action.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published