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CVE-2021-44168

7.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2022-01-04 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Fortinet FortiOS Arbitrary File Download — Fortinet FortiOS

Fortinet FortiOS "execute restore src-vis" downloads code without integrity checking, allowing an attacker to arbitrarily download files.

Added to KEV
2021-12-10
Remediation due
2021-12-24
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44168
Status
Analyzed
Published
2022-01-04
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
3.3 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-494

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.

Affected configurations

• fortinet fortios (< 6.0.14) • fortinet fortios (>= 6.2.0 < 6.2.10) • fortinet fortios (>= 6.4.0 < 6.4.8) • fortinet fortios (>= 7.0.0 < 7.0.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-494 Download of Code Without Integrity Check weakness

References