Privilege escalation in FortiAP-U



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-30301
CWE-ID CWE-22
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 FortiAP-U
Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc

Vendor Fortinet, Inc

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU64052

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30301

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in certain CLI command. A local privileged user can access and delete otherwise inaccessible files on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

FortiAP-U: 5.4.0 - 6.2.3

CPE2.3 External links

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-109


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected device in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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