Unauthorized file creation in FortiManager

1) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU100460

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35274

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 create files in an arbitrary directory.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A local privileged user can create non-arbitrary files on a chosen directory via crafted CLI requests.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

FortiManager: 6.2.0 - 7.4.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-179

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 application 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.