Critical severity · published Oct 6, 2021
CVE-2021-24019
An insufficient session expiration vulnerability [CWE- 613] in FortiClientEMS versions 6.4.2 and below, 6.2.8 and below may allow an attacker to reuse the unexpired admin user…
9.8
CVSS
3.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An insufficient session expiration vulnerability [CWE- 613] in FortiClientEMS versions 6.4.2 and below, 6.2.8 and below may allow an attacker to reuse the unexpired admin user session IDs to gain admin privileges, should the attacker be able to obtain that session ID (via other, hypothetical attacks)
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.9% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Forticlient Endpoint Management Server · Fortinet
before 6.2.9; 6.4.0 before 6.4.2 · source: NVD
Affected product
FE
Forticlient Endpoint Management Server
Fortinet
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24019
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24019
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-072
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