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CVE-2025-40605

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 30th percentile. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 3.15.3MediumEPSS percentile30th0.4% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFixVendor fixNo build named by the sources
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OpenVAS · 1 check

e.g. OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.155821

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Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

NVD CVE.org

What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

  • SonicWall Email SecurityAffected: 10.0.33.8195 and earlier versionsUpgrade to: not statedStated by: CVE record
  • Sonicwall Email Security Appliance 5000 FirmwareAffected: ≤ 10.0.33.8195Upgrade to: after 10.0.33.8195Stated by: NVD
  • Sonicwall Email Security Appliance 5050 FirmwareAffected: ≤ 10.0.33.8195Upgrade to: after 10.0.33.8195Stated by: NVD
  • Sonicwall Email Security Appliance 7000 FirmwareAffected: ≤ 10.0.33.8195Upgrade to: after 10.0.33.8195Stated by: NVD
  • Sonicwall Email Security Appliance 7050 FirmwareAffected: ≤ 10.0.33.8195Upgrade to: after 10.0.33.8195Stated by: NVD

Versions as the sources state them. 1 more product has version data. Full version matrix after sign-in

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What it is

From the CVE record

A Path Traversal vulnerability has been identified in the Email Security appliance allows an attacker to manipulate file system paths by injecting crafted directory-traversal sequences (such as ../) and may access files and directories outside the intended restricted path.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS30th
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 30th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

8 events over 332 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. Patch availablerecord updated
  2. OpenVAS check added
  3. Patch availablerecord updated
  4. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Scored 5.3 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality LowSome restricted information is disclosed, but limited in scope
  • Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
  • Availability NoneNo availability impact

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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