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CVE-2021-42757

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-42757 is a buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-121) in the TFTP client library of FortiOS versions before 6.4.7 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.2. This flaw allows an authenticated local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution by providing specially crafted command-line arguments. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring high privileges, and leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Its EPSS score is very low, suggesting a minimal likelihood of exploitation. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has also received no community discussion or media coverage, suggesting low public awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.0.0, <= 6.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiadc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2.0, <= 6.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiadc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.0.0, <= 6.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortianalyzer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortianalyzer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.4.0, <= 6.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

fortinetvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

fortiguard.com / advisory/FG-IR-21-173
Vendor Advisory