Privilege Escalation in Gen7 SonicOS Cloud NSv
CVE-2024-53706 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting SonicWall Gen7 SonicOS Cloud NSv deployments, specifically the AWS and Azure editions. According to the provided content, a remote authenticated attacker with only low privileges can exploit the issue to elevate privileges to root on the affected NSv instance. Successful exploitation may further enable code execution on the device. No vulnerable function, root cause details, or vendor-assigned CWE were provided in the available content.
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A vulnerability affecting Gen7 SonicOS Cloud NSv on AWS and Azure that may allow administrator-level access and possible code execution.
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Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
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