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CVE-2021-20047

SonicWall Global VPN client version 4.10.6 (32-bit and 64-bit) and earlier have a DLL Search...

7.8 High

SonicWall Global VPN client version 4.10.6 (32-bit and 64-bit) and earlier have a DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability. Successful exploitation via a local attacker could result in remote code execution in the target system.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.88%Up 0.4 points since Dec 9, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

SonicWall Global VPN client version 4.10.6 (32-bit and 64-bit) and earlier have a DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability. Successful exploitation via a local attacker could result in remote code execution in the target system.

Record
CVE-2021-20047
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.9 MediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-427
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

SonicWall Global VPN client version 4.10.6 (32-bit and 64-bit) and earlier have a DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability. Successful exploitation via a local attacker could result in remote code execution in the target system.

Record
CVE-2021-20047
Weakness
CWE-427
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-7510 No score

SonicWall Global VPN client version 4.10.6 (32-bit and 64-bit) and earlier have a DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability. Successful exploitation via a local attacker could result in remote code execution in the target system.

Record
EUVD-2021-7510
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j8rh-gjh8-236w No score

SonicWall Global VPN client version 4.10.6 (32-bit and 64-bit) and earlier have a DLL Search...

SonicWall Global VPN client version 4.10.6 (32-bit and 64-bit) and earlier have a DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability. Successful exploitation via a local attacker could result in remote code execution in the target system.

Record
GHSA-j8rh-gjh8-236w
Weakness
CWE-427
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2021-20047 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Sonicwall Global Vpn Client, published December 8, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.88%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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