CVE-2015-4173 — Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the autorun value in Dell SonicWall NetExtender before 7.5.227 and 8.0.x before 8.0.238, as used in the SRA firmware before 7.5.1.2-40sv and 8.x before 8.0.0.3-23sv, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder

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Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the autorun value in Dell SonicWall NetExtender before 7.5.227 and 8.0.x before 8.0.238, as used in the SRA firmware before 7.5.1.2-40sv and 8.x before 8.0.0.3-23sv, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder

Published Aug 26, 2015

6.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.07%

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the autorun value in Dell SonicWall NetExtender before 7.5.227 and 8.0.x before 8.0.238, as used in the SRA firmware before 7.5.1.2-40sv and 8.x before 8.0.0.3-23sv, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.07% 0.02066

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02066

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.07% (0.02066)	80.69th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.07% (0.02066)	78.84th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.34% (0.00338)	54.38th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-428

References (4)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133302/Dell-SonicWall-NetExtender-7.5.215-Privilege-Escalation.html
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536303/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033417
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://support.software.dell.com/product-notification/157537
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link

Link	Providers	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133302/Dell-SonicWall-NetExtender-7.5.215-Privilege-Escalation.html		x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536303/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033417		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://support.software.dell.com/product-notification/157537		x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 26, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jun 3, 2015

Link CVE-2015-4173

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-4173

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-4173