CVE-2021-43205 (GCVE-0-2021-43205)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-06 09:15 – Updated: 2024-10-22 20:58
VLAI
Summary
An exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor vulnerability [CWE-200] in FortiClient for Linux version 7.0.2 and below, 6.4.7 and below and 6.2.9 and below may allow an unauthenticated attacker to access the confighandler webserver via external binaries.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:W/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-22 20:19 UTC
CWE
  • Improper access control
Assigner
fortinet CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 57 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-226 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Fortinet Fortinet FortiClientLinux Affected: FortiClientLinux 7.0.2 and below, 6.4.7 and below, 6.2.9 and below
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