CVE-2024-53706
Published: 09 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-53706 is a high-severity Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) vulnerability in Sonicwall (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 29.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-2 (Account Management) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-53706 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gen7 SonicOS Cloud platform NSv. It enables a remote authenticated local low-privileged attacker to elevate privileges to root and potentially achieve code execution. The issue carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and maps to CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management). The vulnerability was published on 2025-01-09.
A remote authenticated attacker with local low-privileged access can exploit this vulnerability with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation grants root-level privileges, resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, including the potential for arbitrary code execution on the affected NSv platform.
Mitigation details are available in the SonicWall PSIRT advisory at https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0003.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-52039
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability in the Gen7 SonicOS Cloud platform NSv, allows a remote authenticated local low-privileged attacker to elevate privileges to `root` and potentially lead to code execution.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Direct local privilege escalation vulnerability (CWE-269) enabling elevation from low-privileged account to root with code execution potential.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces the least privilege principle, directly countering CWE-269 improper privilege management that enables low-privileged attackers to escalate to root privileges.
Requires enforcement mechanisms for approved access authorizations, preventing unauthorized privilege escalation in the SonicOS NSv platform.
Mandates proper management of accounts and associated privileges, mitigating risks from low-privileged accounts exploitable for root escalation.