SB2023030925 - Privilege escalation in FortiOS
Published: March 9, 2023 Updated: March 14, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023030925
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41328)
CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing certain CLI command. A local user can read and write arbitrary files on the system.
Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.