High severity · published Apr 6, 2022
CVE-2021-26104
Multiple OS command injection (CWE-78) vulnerabilities in the command line interface of FortiManager 6.2.7 and below, 6.4.5 and below and all versions of 6.2.x, 6.0.x and 5.6.x,…
7.8
CVSS
3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple OS command injection (CWE-78) vulnerabilities in the command line interface of FortiManager 6.2.7 and below, 6.4.5 and below and all versions of 6.2.x, 6.0.x and 5.6.x, FortiAnalyzer 6.2.7 and below, 6.4.5 and below and all versions of 6.2.x, 6.0.x and 5.6.x, and FortiPortal 5.2.5 and below, 5.3.5 and below and 6.0.4 and below may allow a local authenticated and unprivileged user to execute arbitrary shell commands as root via specifically crafted CLI command parameters.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiManager · Fortinet
5.6.0 before 6.0.11; 6.2.0 before 6.2.8; 6.4.0 before 6.4.6 · source: NVD
FO
Fortianalyzer · Fortinet
5.6.0 before 6.0.11; 6.2.0 before 6.2.8; 6.4.0 before 6.4.6 · source: NVD
FO
Fortiportal · Fortinet
before 5.2.6; 5.3.0 before 5.3.6; 6.0.0 before 6.0.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26104
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-26104
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-037
Exploit
https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-f73m-fvj3-m2pm
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