CVE-2018-9866

CRITICAL EXPLOITED IN THE WILD

SonicWall Global Management System < 8.1 - Remote Code Execution via XML-RPC Parameter Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2018-9866 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV, InTheWild.io).

Description

A vulnerability in lack of validation of user-supplied parameters pass to XML-RPC calls on SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) virtual appliance's, allow remote user to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affected GMS version 8.1 and earlier.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://twitter.com/ddouhine/status/1019251292202586112
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/10305
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2018-0007

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.1123
EPSS Percentile 93.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2018-10-27
InTheWild.io 2018-09-07
CWE
CWE-20 CWE-77
Status published
Products (1)
sonicwall/global_management_system < 8.1
Published Aug 03, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026