Medium severity · published May 24, 2018
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…
6.2
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiOS · Fortinet
through 5.2.0; 5.4.0 through 5.4.8; 5.6.0 through 5.6.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14187
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14187
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104312
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040983
Mitigation
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-245
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