CVE-2021-44168

mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.009 · 58 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.86% (58th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2021-12-10remediate by 2021-12-24

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

Fortinet FortiOS Arbitrary File Download

A download of code without integrity check vulnerability in the "execute restore src-vis" command of FortiOS before 7.0.3 may allow a local authenticated attacker to download arbitrary files on the device via specially crafted update packages.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.3–7.8

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.13.3lowAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.13.3lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU

v3.13.3lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · psirt@fortinet.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 1.4

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-494USprimaryCWE-494US

ATT&CK techniques

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

0xhaggis/CVE-2021-44168A download of code without integrity check vulnerability in the "execute restore src-vis" command of FortiOS before 7.0.3.PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Fortinet Fortinet FortiOS≤ FortiOS before 7.0.3enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet Inc. FortiOS≤ 6.0.13fstec_bduRU
Fortinet Inc. FortiOS6.2.0 → 6.2.9fstec_bduRU
Fortinet Inc. FortiOS6.4.0 → 6.4.7fstec_bduRU
Fortinet Inc. FortiOS7.0.0 → 7.0.2fstec_bduRU
fortinet fortios< 6.0.14nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios6.2.0 → 6.2.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios6.4.0 → 6.4.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios7.0.0 → 7.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (5)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-01-04modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

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