CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-17544

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Apr 09, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.2
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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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.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FortiosFortinet*5.4.0 (including)
FortiosFortinet5.6.0 (including)5.6.10 (including)
FortiosFortinet6.0.0 (including)6.0.6 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References