CVE-2021-24011

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Published May 10, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiNAC version below 8.8.2 may allow an admin user to escalate the privileges to root by abusing the sudo privileges.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Fortinet

Fortinet FortiNAC

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`FortiNAC 8.8.1 and below`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinac:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-10931	A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiNAC version below 8.8.2 may allow an admin user to escalate the privileges to root by abusing the sudo privileges.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.810% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-038

History

Oct 25, 2024 2:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Fortinet Fortinac

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Oct 25, 2024, 1:58 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: fortinet
Published: May 10, 2021, 11:43 AM
Updated: Oct 25, 2024, 1:58 PM
Reserved: Jan 13, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 7:14 PM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 7:14 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:39 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 10, 2021, 12:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:39 AM

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