CVE-2017-17544

CVSS V2 High 9 CVSS V3 High 7.2

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 6.0.0 to 6.0.6, 5.6.0 to 5.6.10, 5.4 and below allows admin users to elevate their profile to super_admin via restoring modified configurations.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-17544

Assigner
psirt@fortinet.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2019-04-09T16:29:00

Last Modified Date
2020-08-28T15:14:11

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-269	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::	1	OR		5.4.0
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::	1	OR	5.6.0	5.6.10
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::	1	OR	6.0.0	6.0.6

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
9

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
8

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
HIGH

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.2

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.2

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-053	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107839	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17544
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17544

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:27:54				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 19:22:49	2019-04-09T16:29Z	2019-04-09T16:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 19:22:49		2020-08-28T15:14:11	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 19:22:49		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated