Vulnerability · Published Oct 6, 2021 · Assigned by fortinet

CVE-2021-24019

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Fortinet FortiClientEMS from Fortinet. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 5.3% (higher than 93% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)5.3%top 7.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

An insufficient session expiration vulnerability [CWE- 613] in FortiClientEMS versions 6.4.2 and below, 6.2.8 and below may allow an attacker to reuse the unexpired admin user session IDs to gain admin privileges, should the attacker be able to obtain that session ID (via other, hypothetical attacks)

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Fortinet Fortinet FortiClientEMS FortiClientEMS 6.4.2, 6.4.1, 6.4.0, 6.2.8, 6.2.7, 6.2.6, 6.2.4, 6.2.3, 6.2.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.0

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