CVE-2022-38378 — Improper Privilege Management in Fortinet Fortios

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.0MEDIUMNVD
CNA4.2
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.02%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Fortinet FortiosFortinet Fortiproxy
Timeline
PublishedFeb 16

Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 and before 7.0.7 and FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and before 7.0.7 allows an attacker that has access to the admin profile section (System subsection Administrator Users) to modify their own profile and upgrade their privileges to Read Write via CLI or GUI commands.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDfortinet/fortios6.0.0 — 7.0.8+1
▶NVDfortinet/fortiproxy7.0.0 — 7.0.8+2
▶CVEListV5fortinet/fortios7.0.0 — 7.0.7+4
▶CVEListV5fortinet/fortiproxy7.2.0 — 7.2.1+4

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-h5fc-q8mj-rvq7: An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7↗2023-02-16
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CVEList
CVE-2022-38378: An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7↗2023-02-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Fortinet
Ability to modify privileges from Custom to Read-Write↗2023-02-16
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