Medium severity · published Feb 16, 2023
CVE-2022-38378
An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 and before 7.0.7 and FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and before 7.0.7 allows an…
6.0
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 and before 7.0.7 and FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and before 7.0.7 allows an attacker that has access to the admin profile section (System subsection Administrator Users) to modify their own profile and upgrade their privileges to Read Write via CLI or GUI commands.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 15% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiOS · Fortinet
6.0.0 before 7.0.8; 7.2.0 before 7.2.1 · source: NVD
FO
Fortiproxy · Fortinet
1.1.0 through 2.0.9; 7.0.0 before 7.0.8; 7.2.0 before 7.2.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38378
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38378
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-346
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