CVE-2021-44168

Fortinet FortiOS Arbitrary File Download

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

A download of code without integrity check vulnerability in the "execute restore src-vis" command of FortiOS before 7.0.3 may allow a local authenticated attacker to download arbitrary files on the device via specially crafted update packages.

Una vulnerabilidad de descarga de código sin comprobación de integridad en el comando "execute restore src-vis" de FortiOS versiones anteriores a 7.0.3, puede permitir a un atacante local autenticado descargar archivos arbitrarios en el dispositivo por medio de paquetes de actualización especialmente diseñados

Fortinet FortiOS "execute restore src-vis" downloads code without integrity checking, allowing an attacker to arbitrarily download files.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Active

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-11-23 CVE Reserved
2021-12-10 Exploited in Wild
2021-12-24 KEV Due Date
2022-01-04 CVE Published
2023-10-18 First Exploit
2024-10-15 EPSS Updated
2024-10-22 CVE Updated

CWE

CWE-494: Download of Code Without Integrity Check

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/0xhaggis/CVE-2021-44168	2023-10-18

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-201	2022-01-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Fortinet Search vendor "Fortinet"		Fortios Search vendor "Fortinet" for product "Fortios"				< 6.0.14 Search vendor "Fortinet" for product "Fortios" and version " < 6.0.14"		-		Affected
Fortinet Search vendor "Fortinet"		Fortios Search vendor "Fortinet" for product "Fortios"				>= 6.2.0 < 6.2.10 Search vendor "Fortinet" for product "Fortios" and version " >= 6.2.0 < 6.2.10"		-		Affected
Fortinet Search vendor "Fortinet"		Fortios Search vendor "Fortinet" for product "Fortios"				>= 6.4.0 < 6.4.8 Search vendor "Fortinet" for product "Fortios" and version " >= 6.4.0 < 6.4.8"		-		Affected
Fortinet Search vendor "Fortinet"		Fortios Search vendor "Fortinet" for product "Fortios"				>= 7.0.0 < 7.0.3 Search vendor "Fortinet" for product "Fortios" and version " >= 7.0.0 < 7.0.3"		-		Affected