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Fortinet FortiGate <= 5.4.x / 5.6.x < 5.6.11 / 6.x < 6.2.0 Admin Privilege Escalation (FG-IR-17-053)

high Nessus Plugin ID 124324

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running a FortiOS version prior or equal to 5.4.x or 5.6.x prior to 5.6.11 or 6.x to 6.2.0. It is, therefore, affected by an elevation of privilege vulnerability. An authenticated, remote attacker with admin privileges can exploit this, via restoring a modified configuration, to gain elevated super_admin level privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to Fortinet FortiOS version 5.6.11/6.2.0 or later.

See Also

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-17-053

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 124324

File Name: fortios_FG-IR-17-053.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 4/26/2019

Updated: 9/16/2022

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-17544

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fortinet:fortios

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/Fortigate/model, Host/Fortigate/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17544

BID: 107839