Medium severity · published Feb 16, 2023
CVE-2021-43074
An improper verification of cryptographic signature vulnerability [CWE-347] in FortiWeb 6.4 all versions, 6.3.16 and below, 6.2 all versions, 6.1 all versions, 6.0 all versions;…
4.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An improper verification of cryptographic signature vulnerability [CWE-347] in FortiWeb 6.4 all versions, 6.3.16 and below, 6.2 all versions, 6.1 all versions, 6.0 all versions; FortiOS 7.0.3 and below, 6.4.8 and below, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions; FortiSwitch 7.0.3 and below, 6.4.10 and below, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions; FortiProxy 7.0.1 and below, 2.0.7 and below, 1.2 all versions, 1.1 all versions, 1.0 all versions may allow an attacker to decrypt portions of the administrative session management cookie if able to intercept the latter.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiOS · Fortinet
6.0.0 before 6.4.9; 7.0.0 before 7.0.4 · source: NVD
FO
Fortiproxy · Fortinet
1.0.0 before 2.0.8; 7.0.0 before 7.0.2 · source: NVD
FO
Fortiswitch · Fortinet
6.0.0 before 6.4.11; 7.0.0 before 7.0.4 · source: NVD
FO
Fortiweb · Fortinet
6.0.0 before 6.3.17; 6.4.0 before 7.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43074
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43074
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-126
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