Fortinet FortiOS up to 6.4.15/7.0.14/7.2.7/7.4.3 access control

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A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiOS up to 6.4.15/7.0.14/7.2.7/7.4.3. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-36505. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Fortinet FortiOS up to 6.4.15/7.0.14/7.2.7/7.4.3. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.5 through 7.2.7, 7.0.12 through 7.0.14 and 6.4.x may allow an attacker who has already successfully obtained write access to the underlying system (via another hypothetical exploit) to bypass the file integrity checking system.

The advisory is shared at fortiguard.fortinet.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-36505 since 05/29/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 7.0.15, 7.2.8 or 7.4.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Fortinet

Name

• FortiOS

Version

• 6.4.0
• 6.4.1
• 6.4.2
• 6.4.3
• 6.4.4
• 6.4.5
• 6.4.6
• 6.4.7
• 6.4.8
• 6.4.9
• 6.4.10
• 6.4.11
• 6.4.12
• 6.4.13
• 6.4.14
• 6.4.15
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8
• 7.0.9
• 7.0.10
• 7.0.11
• 7.0.12
• 7.0.13
• 7.0.14
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.4
• 7.2.5
• 7.2.6
• 7.2.7
• 7.4.0
• 7.4.1
• 7.4.2
• 7.4.3

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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