CVE-2024-52965 Details
A missing critical step in authentication vulnerability [CWE-304] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.0 through 7.4.5, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, and before 7.0.16 & FortiProxy version 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, 7.2.0 through 7.2.13 and before 7.0.20 allows an API-user using api-key + PKI user certificate authentication to login even if the certificate is invalid.
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-52965
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
0.06 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (18th percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2024-52965
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
7.2 High
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CVE-2024-52965 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
US 14,576 12.52%
IN 9,210 7.91%
JP 6,506 5.59%
TH 4,560 3.92%
BR 4,485 3.85%
TR 3,656 3.14%
TW 3,412 2.93%
MX 3,190 2.74%
FR 3,119 2.68%
IT 2,533 2.18%

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CVE-2024-52965 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Telecommunications 51,418 75.53%
Technology 9,435 13.86%
Business Services 1,485 2.18%
Aerospace/Defense 803 1.18%
Government/Politics 687 1.01%
Utilities 563 0.83%
Manufacturing 535 0.79%
Consumer Goods 485 0.71%
Education 381 0.56%
Finance 329 0.48%

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