CVE-2024-12728 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A weak credentials vulnerability potentially allows privileged system access via SSH to Sophos Firewall older than version 20.0 MR3 (20.0.3).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00149.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-51076	A weak credentials vulnerability potentially allows privileged system access via SSH to Sophos Firewall older than version 20.0 MR3 (20.0.3).

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20241219-sfos-rce

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00073}`	epss `{'score': 0.00083}`

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A weak credentials vulnerability potentially allows privileged system access via SSH to Sophos Firewall older than version 20.0 MR3 (20.0.3).
Weaknesses		CWE-1391
References		https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20241219-sfos-rce
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Sophos

Published: 2024-12-19T20:48:53.477Z

Updated: 2024-12-21T04:55:57.132Z

Reserved: 2024-12-17T18:22:16.790Z

Link: CVE-2024-12728

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-12-20T17:02:55.558Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2024-12-19T21:15:07.863

Modified: 2024-12-19T21:15:07.863

Link: CVE-2024-12728

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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