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CVE-2021-42757

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.7 EPSS 0.48% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-12-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
arbitrary code execution code execution

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CVE
CVE-2021-42757
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.7
EPSS
0.48%
FortiOS

Original NVD Description

A buffer overflow [CWE-121] in the TFTP client library of FortiOS before 6.4.7 and FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.2, may allow an authenticated local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution via specially crafted command line arguments.