#Sonicwall netextender client install#
#Sonicwall netextender client drivers#
#Sonicwall netextender client driver#
#Sonicwall netextender client software#
#Sonicwall netextender client series#

Enable two-faction authentication (2FA) on SMA 100 series appliances.

MFA MUST BE ENABLED ON ALL SONICWALL SMA, FIREWALL & MYSONICWALL ACCOUNTS SonicWall states that customers can protect themselves by enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA) on affected devices and restricting access to devices based on whitelisted IP addresses.

#Sonicwall netextender client software#

Secure Mobile Access (SMA) is a physical device that provides VPN access to internal networks, while the NetExtender VPN client is a software client used to connect to compatible firewalls that support VPN connections. We have determined that this use case is not susceptible to exploitation.

Current SMA 100 series customers may continue to safely use NetExtender for remote accessВ with the SMA 100 series.

However, we can issue the following guidance on deployment use cases:

SMA 100 Series:В The SMA 100 series (SMA 200, SMA 210, SMA 400, SMA 410, SMA 500v) remains under investigation for a vulnerability.

SonicWall SonicWave APs: No action is required from customers or partners.

No action is required from customers or partners.

Customers are safe to use SMA 1000 series and their associated clients. SMA 1000 Series: This product line is not affected by this incident.It may be used with all SonicWall products.

NetExtender VPN Client: While we previously communicated NetExtender 10.X as potentially having a zero-day, that has now been ruled out.

SonicWall Firewalls: All generations of SonicWall firewalls are not affected by the vulnerability impacting the SMA 100 series (SMA 200, SMA 210, SMA 400, SMA 410, SMA 500v).

Secure Mobile Access (SMA) version 10.x running on SMA 200, SMA 210, SMA 400, SMA 410 physical appliances and the SMA 500v virtual appliance.

NetExtender VPN client version 10.x (released in 2020) utilized to connect to SMA 100 series appliances and SonicWall firewalls.

Below is the current status of this investigation: SonicWallВ is currently investigating what devices are affected by this vulnerability. 'Recently, SonicWall identified a coordinated attack on its internal systems by highly sophisticated threat actors exploiting probable zero-day vulnerabilities on certain SonicWall secure remote access products,' states SonicWall's security noticeВ published late Friday night. On Friday night, SonicWall released an 'urgent advisory' stating that hackers used a zero-day vulnerability in their Secure Mobile Access (SMA) VPN device and its NetExtender VPN client in a 'sophisticated' attack on their internal systems. SonicWall is a well-known manufacturer of hardware firewall devices, VPN gateways, and network security solutions whose products are commonly used in SMB/SME and large enterprise organizations. In my opinion, 'transparently' is not the right word for this procedure.Security hardware manufacturer SonicWall has issued an urgent security notice about threat actors exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in their VPN products to perform attacks on their internal systems. Installing NetExtender and logging in, by reducing the number of security warnings you will Server to Internet Explorer's trusted sites list. It is recommended that you add the URL or domain name of your SSL-VPN Downloading and running scripted ActiveX files must be enabled

#Sonicwall netextender client install#

To initially install the NetExtender client, the user must be logged in to the PC withДЄdministrative privileges. What SonicWall says on their support web site about installing NetExtender (abridged): It pushes a thin client transparently onto the client'sДesktop or laptop and installs it automatically to facilitate this broader level of access. What SonicWall says on their marketing web site about installing NetExtender:

#Sonicwall netextender client drivers#

Allowing unsigned drivers on a domain-wide basis really isn't an appropriate fix for a single vendor's broken product.

#Sonicwall netextender client driver#

You may be able to get around this by disabling driver signing, but I have not tested this approach. Personally, I find it a bit disturbing that a security vendor would see fit to sell a product that requires training users to ignore bright red security warnings. It cannot be deployed without administrator privileges and it cannot be deployed via GPO, because it requires installation of an unsigned network driver:

NetExtender is neither thin nor browser-based.