PT-2019-8247 · Fortinet · Fortios

Published 2019-04-09 · Updated 2020-08-28 · CVE-2017-17544

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Fortinet FortiOS versions 5.4 and below Fortinet FortiOS versions 5.6.0 through 5.6.10 Fortinet FortiOS versions 6.0.0 through 6.0.6

Description A privilege escalation issue allows admin users to elevate their profile to super admin by restoring modified configurations.

Recommendations For Fortinet FortiOS versions 5.4 and below, update to a version above 5.4 to resolve the issue. For Fortinet FortiOS versions 5.6.0 through 5.6.10, update to a version above 5.6.10 to resolve the issue. For Fortinet FortiOS versions 6.0.0 through 6.0.6, update to a version above 6.0.6 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-17544

Affected Products

Fortios

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17544 · Security Note
• https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-053 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17544 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/107839 · Note