CVE-2021-36166 is an improper authentication vulnerability affecting FortiMail versions prior to 7.0.1, allowing a remote attacker to efficiently guess an administrative account's authentication token. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security professionals.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.4.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.2.0, < 6.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.4.0, < 6.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.