CVE-2022-38378

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-38378
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-02-16 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:50:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fortinet Fortios All All All All
Application Fortinet Fortiproxy All All All All
Application Fortinet Fortiproxy All All All All

References

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FortiGuard MISC fortiguard.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 43979 Fortinet FortiOS Escalation of Privilege Vulnerability (FG-IR-22-346)
  • 44039 Fortinet FortiOS Escalation of Privilege Vulnerability (FG-IR-22-346) (Unauthenticated Check)

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