CVE-2017-17544 (GCVE-0-2017-17544)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-09 15:40 – Updated: 2024-10-25 14:30
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-24 20:03 UTC
CWE
  • Escalation of privilege
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Fortinet FortiOS Affected: < 6.2.0
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Date Public
2019-04-02 00:00
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