Privilege escalation in FortiAP
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2022-29058 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-78 |
| Exploitation vector | Local |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
FortiAP Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc FortiAP-W2 Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc FortiAP-S Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc FortiAP-U Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc |
| Vendor | Fortinet, Inc |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) OS Command Injection
EUVDB-ID: #VU67048
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29058
CWE-ID:
CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in CLI. A local user can pass specially crafted arguments to certain commands and execute arbitrary OS commands on the system.
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Vulnerable software versionsFortiAP: 6.0.0 - 7.2.0
FortiAP-W2: 6.0.0 - 7.2.0
FortiAP-S: 6.0.0 - 6.4.7
FortiAP-U: 5.4.0 - 6.2.3
External linkshttp://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-163
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected device in order to exploit this vulnerability.
The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
