File access and service crash via path traversal
Published Sep 10, 2024 · Updated Sep 10, 2024
Path traversal in Fortinet FortiClient EMS allows remote authenticated users to read or write limited files or crash the service. The administrative HTTP request handler fails to keep attacker-controlled pathnames within a restricted directory; Fortinet has not identified the affected endpoint or file operation. Administrative privileges and network access to EMS are required, and the exposed effect is limited file access or a service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in Fortinet FortiClient EMS allows remote authenticated users to read or write limited files or crash the service. The administrative HTTP request handler fails to keep attacker-controlled pathnames within a restricted directory; Fortinet has not identified the affected endpoint or file operation. Administrative privileges and network access to EMS are required, and the exposed effect is limited file access or a service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-21753
- Published
- Sep 10, 2024
- Updated
- Sep 10, 2024
- Vendor
- Fortinet
- Product
- FortiClient EMS
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 10, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 10, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.2.2 <=1.2.5
- Affected versionversion=6.0.0 <=6.0.6
- Affected versionversion=6.0.8
- Affected versionversion=6.2.0 <=6.2.4
- Affected versionversion=6.2.6 <=6.2.9
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0 <=6.4.4
- Affected versionversion=6.4.7 <=6.4.9
- Affected versionversion=7.0.0 <=7.0.13
- Affected versionversion=7.2.0 <=7.2.2
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