CVE-2007-5603
Stack-based buffer overflow in the SonicWall SSL-VPN NetExtender NELaunchCtrl ActiveX control before 2.1.0.51, and 2.5.x before 2.5.0.56,…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 38.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the SonicWall SSL-VPN NetExtender NELaunchCtrl ActiveX control before 2.1.0.51, and 2.5.x before 2.5.0.56, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the second argument to the AddRouteEntry method.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- SonicWall SSL-VPN NetExtender ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/sonicwall_addrouteentryRank normaldisclosed 1 Nov 2007
Exploit-DB2 entries
- SonicWALL SSL-VPN - NetExtender ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16616remote, windowspublished 9 May 2010Verified
- SonicWALL SSL-VPN - 'NeLaunchCtrl' ActiveX Control Remote Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 4594remote, windowspublished 1 Nov 2007Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 4594 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By certcc
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 38.0% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/WDON-78K56M (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#298521 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3696 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Advisories/20071101-0_sonicwall_multiple.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 4594 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 3342 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 26288 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1018891 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 27469 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20071101 SEC Consult SA-20071101-0 :: Multiple Vulnerabilities in SonicWALLSSL-VPN Client (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- sonicwall-nelaunchctrl-bo(38220) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.sec-consult.com/303.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-5578 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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