Medium severity · published Sep 6, 2022
CVE-2021-43076
An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in FortiADC versions 6.2.1 and below, 6.1.5 and below, 6.0.4 and below, 5.4.5 and below and 5.3.7 and below may allow a…
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in FortiADC versions 6.2.1 and below, 6.1.5 and below, 6.0.4 and below, 5.4.5 and below and 5.3.7 and below may allow a remote authenticated attacker with restricted user profile to modify the system files using the shell access.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
Fortiadc · Fortinet
5.3.0 through 5.3.7; 5.4.0 through 5.4.5; 6.0.0 through 6.0.4; 6.1.0 through 6.1.5; 6.2.0; 6.2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43076
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43076
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-215
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