A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Fortinet FortiAP-S W2, FortiAP and FortiAP-U (Wireless LAN Software) (unknown version). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component CLI Admin Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A system command injection vulnerability in the FortiAP-S/W2 6.2.1, 6.2.0, 6.0.5 and below, FortiAP 6.0.5 and below and FortiAP-U below 6.0.0 under CLI admin console may allow unauthorized administrators to run arbitrary system level commands via specially crafted ifconfig commands.

The weakness was published 03/15/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at fortiguard.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-15708 since 08/27/2019. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Wireless LAN Software

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• Fortinet

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• FortiAP
• FortiAP-S W2
• FortiAP-U

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• commercial

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