CVE-2024-13974 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A business logic vulnerability in the Up2Date component of Sophos Firewall older than version 21.0 MR1 (20.0.1) can lead to attackers controlling the firewall’s DNS environment to achieve remote code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

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 0.00171.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-54805	A business logic vulnerability in the Up2Date component of Sophos Firewall older than version 21.0 MR1 (20.0.1) can lead to attackers controlling the firewall’s DNS environment to achieve remote code execution.

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-20250721-sfos-rce

History

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A business logic vulnerability in the Up2Date component of Sophos Firewall older than version 21.0 MR1 (20.0.1) can lead to attackers controlling the firewall’s DNS environment to achieve remote code execution.
Weaknesses		CWE-807
References		https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20250721-sfos-rce
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Sophos

Published: 2025-07-21T13:34:11.656Z

Updated: 2025-07-21T15:00:59.445Z

Reserved: 2025-07-14T09:51:15.265Z

Link: CVE-2024-13974

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-21T15:00:54.660Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-07-21T14:15:29.173

Modified: 2025-07-22T13:06:07.260

Link: CVE-2024-13974

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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