CVE-2021-44168 Fortinet FortiOS Arbitrary File Download

What is CVE-2021-44168?

CVE-2021-44168 is a low-severity code injection vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 4 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A download of code without integrity check vulnerability in the "execute restore src-vis" command of FortiOS before 7.0.3 may allow a local authenticated attacker to download arbitrary files on the device via specially crafted update packages.

Weakness: CWE-494

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-44168?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortios.

How do I fix CVE-2021-44168?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-44168 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 24 Dec 2021.

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Is CVE-2021-44168 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2021-44168 in the wild since at least 10 Dec 2021.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Fortios

• CVE-2024-23113 Fortinet Multiple Products Format String Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-40684 Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-55591 Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2024-21762 Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-Bound Write Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-42475 Fortinet FortiOS Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.3

All Fortinet Fortios vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-689x-phc2-9p4m.