High severity · published Dec 8, 2021
CVE-2021-26110
An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiOS autod daemon 7.0.0, 6.4.6 and below, 6.2.9 and below, 6.0.12 and below and FortiProxy 2.0.1 and below, 1.2.9 and…
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiOS autod daemon 7.0.0, 6.4.6 and below, 6.2.9 and below, 6.0.12 and below and FortiProxy 2.0.1 and below, 1.2.9 and below may allow an authenticated low-privileged attacker to escalate their privileges to super_admin via a specific crafted configuration of fabric automation CLI script and auto-script features.
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)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiOS · Fortinet
5.6.0 through 5.6.14; 6.0.0 through 6.0.12; 6.2.0 through 6.2.9; 6.4.0 through 6.4.6; 7.0.0 · source: NVD
FO
Fortiproxy · Fortinet
1.0.0 through 1.0.7; 1.1.0 through 1.1.6; 1.2.0 through 1.2.9; 2.0.0; 2.0.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26110
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-26110
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-131
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