SB2018052801 - Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiOS 

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SB2018052801 - Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiOS

Published: May 28, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018052801
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14187)

The vulnerability allows a local high-privileged attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper privileges and access controls. A local administrative attacker with super_admin privileges and with a connected USB drive can link the aforementioned binary to a command that is allowed to be run by the fnsysctl CLI command and execute an arbitrary binary contained on an USB drive plugged to a FortiGate.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References