SB2023030925 - Privilege escalation in FortiOS



SB2023030925 - Privilege escalation in FortiOS

Published: March 9, 2023 Updated: March 14, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023030925
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41328)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing certain CLI command. A local user can read and write arbitrary files on the system.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.