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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-14187

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…

MEDIUM 6.2EPSS 0.46%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.0
6.2 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.46% probability · 39th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-269
Affected
fortinet/fortios
Source
psirt@fortinet.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.