Medium severity · published Dec 29, 2021
CVE-2021-36724
ForeScout - SecureConnector Local Service DoS - A low privilaged user which doesn't have permissions to shutdown the secure connector service writes a large amount of characters…
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ForeScout - SecureConnector Local Service DoS - A low privilaged user which doesn't have permissions to shutdown the secure connector service writes a large amount of characters in the installationPath. This will cause the buffer to overflow and override the stack cookie causing the service to crash.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 13% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SE
Secureconnector · Forescout
11.0.4.1024 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36724
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-36724
Third Party Advisory
https://www.gov.il/en/departments/faq/cve_advisories
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