CVE-2021-43076

MEDIUM

FortiADC <6.2.1-5.3.7 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in FortiADC versions 6.2.1 and below, 6.1.5 and below, 6.0.4 and below, 5.4.5 and below and 5.3.7 and below may allow a remote authenticated attacker with restricted user profile to modify the system files using the shell access.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-215

Scores

CVSS v3 6.3
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 33.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (3)
fortinet/fortiadc 6.2.0
fortinet/fortiadc 6.2.1
fortinet/fortiadc 5.3.0 - 5.3.7
Published Sep 06, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026