Access of Uninitialized Pointer in FortiWLC - CVE-2021-26093
Published: June 1, 2021 / Updated: April 5, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU53723
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26093
CWE-ID: CWE-824
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fortinet, Inc
Affected software:
FortiWLC
FortiWLC
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the command line interface of FortiWLC. A local user can run a specially crafted CLI command to trigger access of uninitialized pointer and execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-26093
Install updates from vendor's website.