SB20230411107 - Privilege escalation in FortiADC and FortiDDoS
Published: April 11, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB20230411107
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40679)
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the log & report module. A local user can pass specially crafted arguments to existing commands and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.