Medium severity · published Jul 18, 2022
CVE-2021-44170
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability [CWE-121] in the command line interpreter of FortiOS before 7.0.4 and FortiProxy before 2.0.8 may allow an authenticated attacker to…
6.7
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability [CWE-121] in the command line interpreter of FortiOS before 7.0.4 and FortiProxy before 2.0.8 may allow an authenticated attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially crafted command line arguments.
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)0.2% · higher than 11% 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 through 6.0.14; 6.2.0 before 6.2.11; 6.4.0 before 6.4.9; 7.0.0 through 7.0.2 · source: NVD
FO
Fortiproxy · Fortinet
1.0.0 through 1.0.7; 1.1.0 through 1.1.6; 1.2.0 through 1.2.13; 2.0.0 before 2.0.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44170
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44170
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-179
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