Fortinet FortiManager up to 6.4.15/7.0.13/7.2.5/7.4.3 privileges assignment

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A vulnerability has been found in Fortinet FortiManager up to 6.4.15/7.0.13/7.2.5/7.4.3 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to privileges assignment. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-33503. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Fortinet FortiManager up to 6.4.15/7.0.13/7.2.5/7.4.3. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges assignment vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-266. A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A improper privilege management in Fortinet FortiManager version 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.0 through 7.2.5, 7.0.0 through 7.0.12, 6.4.0 through 6.4.14, FortiAnalyzer version 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.5, 7.0.0 through 7.0.12, 6.4.0 through 6.4.14 allows attacker to escalation of privilege via specific shell commands

It is possible to read the advisory at fortiguard.fortinet.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-33503 since 04/23/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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Vendor

• Fortinet

Name

• FortiManager

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
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.4
• 7.2.5
• 7.4.0
• 7.4.1
• 7.4.2
• 7.4.3

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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