Medium severity · published Sep 13, 2023
CVE-2021-44172
An exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor vulnerability [CWE-200] in FortiClientEMS versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, 7.0.6 through 7.0.7, in all 6.4 and 6.2…
5.3
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor vulnerability [CWE-200] in FortiClientEMS versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, 7.0.6 through 7.0.7, in all 6.4 and 6.2 version management interface may allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain information on environment variables such as the EMS installation path.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiClientEMS · Fortinet
7.0.6 through 7.0.7; 7.0.0 through 7.0.4; 6.4.7 through 6.4.9; 6.4.0 through 6.4.4; 6.2.6 through 6.2.9; 6.2.0 through 6.2.4 · source: vendor
FE
Forticlient Endpoint Management Server · Fortinet
6.2.0 through 6.2.9; 6.4.0 through 6.4.9; 7.0.0 through 7.0.4; 7.0.6 through 7.0.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44172
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44172
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-244
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