CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-26118

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Jul 18, 2022 | Modified: Jul 25, 2022
CVSS 3.x
6.7
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A privilege chaining vulnerability [CWE-268] in FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer 6.0.x, 6.2.x, 6.4.0 through 6.4.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3 may allow a local and authenticated attacker with a restricted shell to escalate their privileges to root due to incorrect permissions of some folders and executable files on the system.

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

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Fortianalyzer Fortinet 6.0.0 (including) 6.0.11 (including)
Fortianalyzer Fortinet 6.2.0 (including) 6.2.9 (including)
Fortianalyzer Fortinet 6.4.0 (including) 6.4.8 (excluding)
Fortianalyzer Fortinet 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.4 (excluding)
Fortimanager Fortinet 6.0.0 (including) 6.0.11 (including)
Fortimanager Fortinet 6.2.0 (including) 6.2.9 (including)
Fortimanager Fortinet 6.4.0 (including) 6.4.8 (excluding)
Fortimanager Fortinet 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.4 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References