Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-24015

HighRCE

Published: 12 July 2021

Published
12 July 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0031 54.9th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-24015 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortimail. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 45.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS Command vulnerability in the administrative interface of FortiMail before 6.4.4 may allow an authenticated attacker to execute unauthorized commands via specifically crafted HTTP requests.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

fortinet
fortimail
5.4.0 — 5.4.12 · 6.0.0 — 6.0.11 · 6.2.0 — 6.2.7

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

References