CVE-2021-44167

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5

Description

An incorrect permission assignment for critical resource vulnerability [CWE-732] in FortiClient for Linux version 6.0.8 and below, 6.2.9 and below, 6.4.7 and below, 7.0.2 and below may allow an unauthenticated attacker to access sensitive information in log files and directories via symbolic links.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-44167

Assigner
psirt@fortinet.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2022-05-11T15:15:08

Last Modified Date
2022-05-19T02:47:23

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-732	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/732.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient::::::linux::*	1	OR	6.0.0	6.0.8
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient::::::linux::*	1	OR	6.2.0	6.2.9
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient::::::linux::*	1	OR	6.4.0	6.4.7
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient::::::linux::*	1	OR	7.0.0	7.0.2

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
7.5

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-232

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44167
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-44167

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-11 16:00:11				Added to TrackCVE