CVE-2021-24019

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Published Oct 6, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 High EPSS 5.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

An insufficient session expiration vulnerability [CWE- 613] in FortiClientEMS versions 6.4.2 and below, 6.2.8 and below may allow an attacker to reuse the unexpired admin user session IDs to gain admin privileges, should the attacker be able to obtain that session ID (via other, hypothetical attacks)

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 FortiClientEMS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`FortiClientEMS 6.4.2, 6.4.1, 6.4.0, 6.2.8, 6.2.7, 6.2.6, 6.2.4, 6.2.3, 6.2.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_endpoint_management_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_endpoint_management_server::::::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 5.3% (5.288% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-072

History

Oct 22, 2024 9:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Fortinet Forticlient Endpoint Management Server

Weaknesses

CWE-613

Sources

CVE record Updated: Oct 22, 2024, 9:02 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: fortinet
Published: Oct 6, 2021, 9:41 AM
Updated: Oct 22, 2024, 9:02 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: Oct 6, 2021, 10:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:39 AM

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