Medium severity · published Nov 14, 2023
CVE-2023-28002
An improper validation of integrity check value vulnerability [CWE-354] in FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.0 through 7.0.12, 6.4 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions…
6.7
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An improper validation of integrity check value vulnerability [CWE-354] in FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.0 through 7.0.12, 6.4 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions and VMs may allow a local attacker with admin privileges to boot a malicious image on the device and bypass the filesystem integrity check in place.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% 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 through 6.0.17; 6.2.0 through 6.2.15; 6.4.0 through 6.4.14; 7.0.0 through 7.0.12; 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 · source: NVD
FO
Fortiproxy · Fortinet
2.0.0 through 2.0.13; 7.0.0 through 7.0.13; 7.2.0 through 7.2.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28002
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28002
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-396
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