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Medium
CVE-2022-38378
An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiOS version...
Vulnerability 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.
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
View all reports →Affected Software
FortiOS, FortiProxy
Vulnerable Versions:
7.2.0, 7.0.0, 6.4.0, 6.2.0, 6.0.0, 2.0.0, 1.2.0, 1.1.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 16th, 2023
Last Modified:
October 22nd, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C