CVE-2017-17544 — Improper Privilege Management in Fortinet Fortios

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 41.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Fortinet Fortios
Timeline
PublishedApr 9
Latest updateMay 13

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 6.0.0 to 6.0.6, 5.6.0 to 5.6.10, 5.4 and below allows admin users to elevate their profile to super_admin via restoring modified configurations.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.2 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5fortinet/fortios< 6.2.0
▶NVDfortinet/fortios5.6.0 — 5.6.10+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-h72v-g53g-mw9x: A privilege escalation vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 6↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-17544: A privilege escalation vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 6↗2019-04-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Fortinet
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 6.0.0 to 6.0.6, 5.6.0 to 5.6.10, 5.4 and below allows admin use...↗2019-04-09
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