QID 44145

QID 44145: FortiOS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (FG-IR-17-053)

A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiOS may allow admin users to elevate their profile to super_admin, via restoring modified configurations.

Affected Versions:
FortiOS 6.0.0 to 6.0.6
FortiOS 5.6.0 to 5.6.10
FortiOS 5.4 all versions and below.

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
Detection checks for vulnerable version of FortiOS.

QID Detection Logic (Unauthenticated):
Detection checks for vulnerable version of FortiOS via SNMP Banner.

Successful exploit may allows admin users to elevate their profile to super_admin via restoring modified configurations

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.2 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 9 severity.

Solution

Vendor has released fixes to address this vulnerability
For more details refer advisory FG-IR-17-053

Vendor References

FG-IR-17-053 - www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-17-053

CVEs related to QID 44145

CVE-2017-17544 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
FG-IR-17-053			www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-17-053

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