{"id":"CVE-2017-14187","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-14187","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:12:51.436Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2018-05-24T20:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:05:45.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@fortinet.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.2,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":["fortinet/fortios"],"epss":{"score":0.00446,"percentile":0.38601,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104312","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@fortinet.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040983","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@fortinet.com"},{"url":"https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-245","tags":["Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@fortinet.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104312","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040983","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-245","tags":["Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14187","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}