CVE-2021-41028

Summary

CVECVE-2021-41028
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-12-16 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-04 15:29:00 UTC
DescriptionA combination of a use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability [CWE-321] in FortiClientEMS 7.0.1 and below, 6.4.6 and below and an improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-297] in FortiClientWindows, FortiClientLinux and FortiClientMac 7.0.1 and below, 6.4.6 and below may allow an unauthenticated and network adjacent attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack between the EMS and the FCT via the telemetry protocol.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-798 | CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fortinet Forticlient 7.0.0 All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient 7.0.0 All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient 7.0.0 All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient 7.0.1 All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient 7.0.1 All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient 7.0.1 All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlientems 7.0.0 All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlientems All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlientems All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlientlinux 7.0.0 All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlientlinux All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlientlinux All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlientmac 7.0.0 All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlientmac All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlientmac All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlientmac All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlientwindows 7.0.0 All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlientwindows All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlientwindows All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlientwindows All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient Endpoint Management Server 7.0.0 All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient Endpoint Management Server 7.0.1 All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient Endpoint Management Server All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient Endpoint Management Server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PSIRT Advisories | FortiGuard CONFIRM fortiguard.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 376241 Forticlient Telemetry protocol Vulnerability (FG-IR-21-075)
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