#VU74990 OS Command Injection in FortiADC and FortiDDoS - CVE-2022-40679

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#VU74990 OS Command Injection in FortiADC and FortiDDoS - CVE-2022-40679

Published: April 11, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU74990
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40679
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
FortiADC
FortiDDoS
Software vendor:
Fortinet, Inc

Description

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 updates from vendor's website.

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