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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2021.3904
FortiSIEM - privilege escalation by script executionution in Windows Agent
16 November 2021
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: FortiSIEM Windows Agent
Publisher: FortiGuard
Operating System: Windows
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2021-41022
Original Bulletin:
https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-176
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TITLE: FortiSIEM - privilege escalation by script executionution in Windows Agent
URL: https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-176
FortiSIEM - privilege escalation by script executionution in Windows Agent
IR Number : FG-IR-21-176
Date : Nov 2, 2021
Risk : 4/5
CVSSv3 Score : 7.5
Impact : Execute unauthorized code or commands
CVE ID : CVE-2021-41022
Affected Products: FortiSIEMWindowsAgent
Language : English
Portuguese
Summary
An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in the FortiSIEM
Windows Agent may allow an authenticated user to execute unauthorized code or
commands as a privileged user via script execution.
Affected Products
FortiSIEM Windows Agent version 4.1.4 and below.
FortiSIEM Windows Agent version 4.0.0.
FortiSIEM Windows Agent version 3.3.0.
FortiSIEM Windows Agent version 3.2.2 and below.
FortiSIEM Windows Agent version 3.1.2 and below.
Solutions
Upgrade to FortiSIEM Windows Agent version 4.1.5 or above
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Acknowledgement
Internally discovered and reported by Oleksii Mandrychenko and Damnjan Nikolic
of Fortinet TAC team.
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