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CVE-2022-38378

An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 and before 7.0.7 and FortiPro

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.2 EPSS 0.00053
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Weakness Classification

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management
CWE-269Improper Privilege Management
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Affected Products & Versions

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fortinet fortiproxy>= 1.1.0 and <= 2.0.9
fortinet fortiproxy>= 7.0.0 and < 7.0.8
fortinet fortiproxy>= 7.2.0 and < 7.2.2
fortinet fortios>= 6.0.0 and < 7.0.8
fortinet fortios>= 7.2.0 and < 7.2.1
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Scoring & Timeline

4.2
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · psirt@fortinet.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD16 Feb 2023 · 07:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-346Vendor Advisory
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