CVE-2023-42788 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2023-42788

An improper neutralization of special elements used in an os...

7.6 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

An improper neutralization of special elements used in an os command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability [CWE-78] in FortiManager & FortiAnalyzer version 7.4.0, version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, version 7.0.0 through 7.0.8, version 6.4.0 through 6.4.12 and version 6.2.0 through 6.2.11 may allow a local attacker with low privileges to execute unauthorized code via specifically crafted arguments to a 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

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Affected Software

FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager

Vulnerable Versions:

7.4.0, 7.2.0, 7.0.0, 6.4.0, 6.2.0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 10th, 2023

Last Modified: December 16th, 2025

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:X

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1005 Data from Local System

T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel