CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-14187
6.2 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-05-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.2 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
A local privilege escalation and local code execution vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.6.0 to 5.6.2, 5.4.0 to 5.4.8, and 5.2 and below versions allows attacker to execute unauthorized binary program contained on an USB drive plugged into a FortiGate via linking the aforementioned binary program to a command that is allowed to be run by the fnsysctl CLI command.
Affected configurations
• fortinet fortios (<= 5.2.0)
• fortinet fortios (>= 5.4.0 <= 5.4.8)
• fortinet fortios (>= 5.6.0 <= 5.6.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104312 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040983 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-245 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104312 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040983 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-245 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory