Medium severity · published Dec 8, 2021
CVE-2021-41021
A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiNAC versions 8.8.8 and below and 9.1.2 and below may allow an admin user to escalate the privileges to root via the sudo command
6.7
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiNAC versions 8.8.8 and below and 9.1.2 and below may allow an admin user to escalate the privileges to root via the sudo command.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
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
Fortinac · Fortinet
8.8.0; 8.8.1; 8.8.2; 8.8.3; 8.8.4; 8.8.5; +6 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41021
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41021
Patch
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-182
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