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UNC6148 Backdoors Fully-Patched SonicWall SMA 100 Series Devices with OVERSTEP Rootkit

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()5 min read1 · 1 read
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2021-20035
Authenticated OS Command Injection in SonicWall SMA100 Appliances
6.54%KEV
KEV
CVE-2021-20038
Unauthenticated Stack Buffer Overflow in SonicWall SMA 100 Appliances
9.8100%KEVRansomwarePoC ×2
KEV
CVE-2021-20039
Improper neutralization of special elements in the SMA100 management interface '/cgi-bin/viewcert' POST http method allows a remote authenticated attacker to…
8.879%PoC
CVE-2024-38475
Improper Output Escaping in Apache HTTP Server mod_rewrite Enables File Disclosure/Code Execution
9.1100%KEV
KEV
CVE-2025-32819
A vulnerability in SMA100 allows a remote authenticated attacker with SSLVPN user privileges to bypass the path traversal checks and delete an arbitrary file…
8.86%PoC

From the original article

5 min read at thehackernews.com

A threat activity cluster has been observed targeting fully-patched end-of-life SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances as part of a campaign designed to drop a backdoor called OVERSTEP . The malicious activity, dating back to at least October 2024, has been attributed by the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) to a hacking crew it tracks as UNC6148 .

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