Vulnerability · Published Jul 18, 2022 · Assigned by fortinet

CVE-2022-26118

Medium 6.7

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Fortinet FortiManager , FortiAnalyzer from Fortinet. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Fortinet Fortinet FortiManager , FortiAnalyzer FortiManager 6.0.x, 6.2.x, 6.4.0 through 6.4.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3; FortiAnalyzer 6.0.x, 6.2.x, 6.4.0 through 6.4.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3

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