SB2023122906 - Privilege escalation in FortiTester
Published: December 29, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023122906
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40716)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in "execute restore/backup" CLI commands. A local user can pass specially crafted arguments to the affected CLI commands and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.