A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, FortiClientEMS 7.0 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.4 all versions, FortiClientEMS 06.02 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.2 all versions, FortiClientEMS 06.00 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.0 all versions, FortiClientEMS 01.02.02 through 01.02.05 allows attacker to perform a denial of service, read or write a limited number of files via specially crafted HTTP requests

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00795.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Fortinet FortiClientEMS unaffected
Version Status Constraints
7.2.0 affected ≤ 7.2.4
7.0.0 affected ≤ 7.0.13
6.4.7 affected ≤ 6.4.9
6.4.0 affected ≤ 6.4.4
6.2.6 affected ≤ 6.2.9
6.2.3 affected ≤ 6.2.4
06.02.00 affected ≤ 06.02.02
6.0.8 affected —
06.00.00 affected ≤ 06.00.06
01.02.02 affected ≤ 01.02.05

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-19367 A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Fortinet FortiClientEMS versions 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13, 6.4.0 through 6.4.9, 6.2.0 through 6.2.9, 6.0.0 through 6.0.8, 1.2.1 through 1.2.5 allows attacker to perform a denial of service, read or write a limited number of files via specially crafted HTTP requests
Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to FortiClientEMS version 7.4.0 or above Upgrade to FortiClientEMS version 7.2.5 or above

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-362 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Fortinet FortiClientEMS versions 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13, 6.4.0 through 6.4.9, 6.2.0 through 6.2.9, 6.0.0 through 6.0.8, 1.2.1 through 1.2.5 allows attacker to perform a denial of service, read or write a limited number of files via specially crafted HTTP requests A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, FortiClientEMS 7.0 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.4 all versions, FortiClientEMS 06.02 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.2 all versions, FortiClientEMS 06.00 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.0 all versions, FortiClientEMS 01.02.02 through 01.02.05 allows attacker to perform a denial of service, read or write a limited number of files via specially crafted HTTP requests
First Time appeared Fortinet forticlientems
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Vendors & Products Fortinet forticlientems

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Fortinet
Fortinet forticlient Endpoint Management Server
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_endpoint_management_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Fortinet
Fortinet forticlient Endpoint Management Server

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Fortinet FortiClientEMS versions 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13, 6.4.0 through 6.4.9, 6.2.0 through 6.2.9, 6.0.0 through 6.0.8, 1.2.1 through 1.2.5 allows attacker to perform a denial of service, read or write a limited number of files via specially crafted HTTP requests
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H/E:H/RL:U/RC:C'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fortinet

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-22T13:48:34.257Z

Reserved: 2024-01-02T10:15:00.526Z

Link: CVE-2024-21753

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-10T18:58:26.422Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-09-10T15:15:14.543

Modified: 2026-10-22T14:17:34.197

Link: CVE-2024-21753

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses