Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiNAC



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2021-24011
CWE-ID CWE-264
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 FortiNAC
Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers

Vendor Fortinet, Inc

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU52881

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 6.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-24011

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A remote administrator can abuse the sudo privileges and escalate privieges to root.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

FortiNAC: 8.3.0 - 8.8.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-038


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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