Medium severity · published Sep 30, 2021
CVE-2021-24017
An improper authentication in Fortinet FortiManager version 6.4.3 and below, 6.2.6 and below allows attacker to assign arbitrary Policy and Object modules via crafted requests to…
4.3
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An improper authentication in Fortinet FortiManager version 6.4.3 and below, 6.2.6 and below allows attacker to assign arbitrary Policy and Object modules via crafted requests to the request handler.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiManager · Fortinet
before 6.2.7; 6.4.0 before 6.4.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24017
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24017
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-189
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