CVE-2017-14187 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2017-14187

A local privilege escalation and local code execution vulnerability in...

Vulnerability Description

A local privilege escalation and local code execution vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.6.0 to 5.6.2, 5.4.0 to 5.4.8, and 5.2 and below versions allows attacker to execute unauthorized binary program contained on an USB drive plugged into a FortiGate via linking the aforementioned binary program to a command that is allowed to be run by the fnsysctl CLI command.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Fortinet, Inc.

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Affected Software

FortiOS
Vulnerable Versions:
5.6.0 to 5.6.2, 5.4.0 to 5.4.8, 5.2 and below versions

Timeline

Official Publish: May 24th, 2018
Last Modified: October 25th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.