Link following in SonicWall Connect Tunnel
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Improper link resolution before file access ('Link Following') vulnerability in SonicWall Connect Tunnel (version 12.4.3.271 and earlier of Windows client) allows users with standard privileges to delete arbitrary folders and files, potentially leading to local privilege escalation attack.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
SonicWall Connect Tunnel — psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2024-0017
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-30386 Link following in SonicWall Connect TunnelPriority LOW 24
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-45316
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6vwq-gg49-hj9w
References
More SonicWall vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-57684 Server-side request forgery in SonicWall SMA1000 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-12965 Server-side request forgery in SonicWall SMA1000 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-16819 Deserialization of untrusted data in SonicWall SMA1000 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2021-03356 Stack-based buffer overflow in SonicWall SMA100 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-03349 SQL injection in SonicWall SRA/SMA100 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-45316 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-45316 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6vwq-gg49-hj9w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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