CVE-2019-7479
A vulnerability in SonicOS allow authenticated read-only admin can elevate permissions to configuration mode. This vulnerability affected SonicOS Gen 5 version 5.9.1.12-4o and earlier, Gen 6 version 6.2.7.4-32n, 6.5.1.4-4n, 6.5.2.3-4n, 6.5.3.3-3n, 6.2.7.10-3n, 6.4.1.0-3n, 6.5.3.3-3n, 6.5.1.9-4n and SonicOSv 6.5.0.2-8v_RC363 (VMWARE), 6.5.0.2.8v_RC367 (AZURE), SonicOSv 6.5.0.2.8v_RC368 (AWS), SonicOSv 6.5.0.2.8v_RC366 (HYPER_V).
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-285
- EPSS score
- 0.9% (60th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2019-17021)
- Published
- December 31, 2019
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2019-17021 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 4, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sonicwall / sonicos
- sonicwall / sonicos
- sonicwall / sonicos
- sonicwall / sonicos
- sonicwall / sonicos
- sonicwall / sonicos
- sonicwall / sonicos
- sonicwall / sonicos
- sonicwall / sonicosv
- sonicwall / sonicosv
- sonicwall / sonicosv
- sonicwall / sonicosv
- sonicwall / sonicosv
Certified products that may be affected
3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- SonicWall SonicOS Enhanced V6.5.2 - SonicWALL, Inc - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-10914-2019 - archived
- SonicOS Enhanced V5.9.0 - SonicWALL, Inc - Common Criteria CSEC2013004 - archived
- SonicWALL SonicOS Enhanced v5.9.0 on NSA Series and TZ Series Appliances - SonicWALL, Inc - Common Criteria 383-4-224 - archived
References
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0012(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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