7.2high
CVE-2017-17544
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…
Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.2
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.7%
percentile 77%
Public exploits
0
none known
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.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.70% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Fortinet FortiOS
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
- Technology feeds
- Fortinet (RSS, critical only)
References
- fortiguard.com /advisory/FG-IR-17-053 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/107839 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-17544
- NVD: CVE-2017-17544
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