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Fortinet FortiAnalyzer: Improper Privilege Management (CVE-2022-26118)

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Fortinet FortiAnalyzer: Improper Privilege Management (CVE-2022-26118)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/18/2022
Created
08/29/2022
Added
07/27/2022
Modified
07/27/2022

Description

A privilege chaining vulnerability [CWE-268] in FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer 6.0.x, 6.2.x, 6.4.0 through 6.4.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3 may allow a local and authenticated attacker with a restricted shell to escalate their privileges to root due to incorrect permissions of some folders and executable files on the system.

Solution(s)

  • fortinet-fortianalyzer-upgrade-6_4_8
  • fortinet-fortianalyzer-upgrade-7_0_4

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