CVE-2017-17544

HIGH

Fortinet FortiOS <5.4.0, 5.6.0-5.6.10, 6.0.0-6.0.6 Privilege Escalation via Config Restore

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-053

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107839

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2

EPSS 0.0036

EPSS Percentile 58.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-269

Status published

Products (1)

fortinet/fortios < 5.4.0

Published Apr 09, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026