Privilege escalation in FortiOS



Published: 2023-03-09 | Updated: 2023-03-14
Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-41328
CWE-ID CWE-22
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		FortiOS
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor Fortinet, Inc

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU73199

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41328

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

FortiOS: 6.4.0 - 6.4.11, 6.2.0 - 6.2.13, 6.0.0 - 6.0.16, 7.0.0 - 7.0.9, 7.2.0 - 7.2.3

CPE2.3 External links

http://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-369
http://www.fortinet.com/blog/psirt-blogs/fg-ir-22-369-psirt-analysis

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?



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