fortinet fortianalyzer CVE-2021-42757 vulnerability in Fortinet Products
Published on December 8, 2021

A buffer overflow [CWE-121] in the TFTP client library of FortiOS before 6.4.7 and FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.2, may allow an authenticated local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution via specially crafted command line arguments.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2021-42757 can be exploited with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
HIGH
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a Classic Buffer Overflow Vulnerability?

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. A buffer overflow condition exists when a program attempts to put more data in a buffer than it can hold, or when a program attempts to put data in a memory area outside of the boundaries of a buffer. The simplest type of error, and the most common cause of buffer overflows, is the "classic" case in which the program copies the buffer without restricting how much is copied. Other variants exist, but the existence of a classic overflow strongly suggests that the programmer is not considering even the most basic of security protections.

CVE-2021-42757 has been classified to as a Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability or weakness.


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Affected Versions

Fortinet FortiOS: Fortinet FortiDDoS-F: Fortinet FortiVoice: Fortinet FortiProxy: Fortinet FortiRecorder: Fortinet FortiPortal: Fortinet FortiMail: Fortinet FortiAnalyzer: Fortinet FortiNDR: Fortinet FortiDDoS: Fortinet FortiSwitch: Fortinet FortiADC: Fortinet FortiWeb: Fortinet FortiManager:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.07%
Percentile
22.14%

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