Fortinet Fortigate Path traversal in csfd daemon (FG-IR-24-259)

high Nessus Plugin ID 214079

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Synopsis

Fortinet Firewall is affected by a privilege escalation.

Description

The version of Fortigate installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FG-IR-24-259 advisory.

- A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Fortinet FortiManager versions 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiOS versions 7.6.0, 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, 7.2.5 through 7.2.9, 7.0.0 through 7.0.15, 6.4.0 through 6.4.15, FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.5, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.0.0 through 7.0.18, 2.0.0 through 2.0.14, 1.2.0 through 1.2.13, 1.1.0 through 1.1.6, 1.0.0 through 1.0.7, FortiManager Cloud versions 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiRecorder versions 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, FortiVoice versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, 6.4.0 through 6.4.9, 6.0.0 through 6.0.12, FortiWeb 7.6.0, 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, 7.0.0 through 7.0.10, 6.4.0 through 6.4.3 allows attacker to trigger an escalation of privilege via specially crafted packets.
(CVE-2024-48884)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Fortigate version 6.4.999999 / 7.0.16 / 7.2.10 / 7.4.5 / 7.6.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-259

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 214079

File Name: fortigate_FG-IR-24-259.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 1/14/2025

Updated: 1/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-48885

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-48884

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fortinet:fortios

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-48884, CVE-2024-48885