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Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay

CVE-2021-41030

High
9.1/10

Summary

An authentication bypass by capture-replay vulnerability [CWE-294] in FortiClient EMS versions 7.0.1 and below and 6.4.4 and below may allow an unauthenticated attacker to impersonate an existing user by intercepting and re-using valid SAML authentication messages.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-294 - Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay

A capture-replay flaw exists when the design of the software makes it possible for a malicious user to sniff network traffic and bypass authentication by replaying it to the server in question to the same effect as the original message (or with minor changes).

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published