CVE-2022-38378

MEDIUM

Fortinet FortiOS <7.2.0-7.0.7 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 4.2
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 16.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (2)
fortinet/fortios 6.0.0 - 7.0.8
fortinet/fortiproxy 1.1.0 - 2.0.9
Published Feb 16, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026