CVE-2021-43204 (GCVE-0-2021-43204)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-09 09:04 – Updated: 2024-10-25 13:37
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Fortinet FortiClientWindows version 6.4.1 and 6.4.0, version 6.2.9 and below, version 6.0.10 and below allows attacker to cause a complete denial of service of its components via changes of directory access permissions.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-23 13:57 UTC
CWE
- Denial of service
Assigner
References
1 reference
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|---|---|
| https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-167 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet | Fortinet FortiClientWindows |
Affected:
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"confidentialityImpact": "None",
"integrityImpact": "None",
"privilegesRequired": "High",
"scope": "Unchanged",
"userInteraction": "None",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C",
"version": "3.1"
}
},
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{
"description": [
{
"lang": "eng",
"value": "Denial of service"
}
]
}
]
},
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{
"name": "https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-167",
"refsource": "CONFIRM",
"url": "https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-167"
}
]
}
}
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
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"assignerShortName": "fortinet",
"cveId": "CVE-2021-43204",
"datePublished": "2021-12-09T09:04:29.000Z",
"dateReserved": "2021-11-02T00:00:00.000Z",
"dateUpdated": "2024-10-25T13:37:53.823Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
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}
}
}
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Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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