Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insufficient authorization in the SonicWall SMA1000 appliance management console (AMC).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SonicWall | SMA1000 | 12.4.3-03093 (platform-hotfix) and earlier versions, 12.5.0-02002 (platform-hotfix) and earlier versions | — |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
GitHub 2 repositories
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rxerium/CVE-2025-40602 ★ 3 · Dec 18, 2025
Detection for CVE-2025-40602
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cyberleelawat/CVE-2025-40602 ★ 1 · Dec 18, 2025
CVE-2025-40602 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the appliance management console (AMC) of SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 series appliances.
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2025-2873 SonicWall SMA1000 (AMC): Schwachstelle ermöglicht Privilegieneskalation BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Dec 18, 2025
References
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0019 vendor-advisory