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CVE-2017-14187
A local privilege escalation and local code execution vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.6.0 to 5.6.2, 5.4.0 to 5.4.8, and 5.2 and below…
Medium6.2EPSS 0.44%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- fortinet
Description
A local privilege escalation and local code execution vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.6.0 to 5.6.2, 5.4.0 to 5.4.8, and 5.2 and below versions allows attacker to execute unauthorized binary program contained on an USB drive plugged into a FortiGate via linking the aforementioned binary program to a command that is allowed to be run by the fnsysctl CLI command.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 62% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
- Execute unauthorized code or commands
- CWE-269 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-269 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 5.6.0 to 5.6.2
- affected 5.4.0 to 5.4.8
- affected 5.2 and below versions
References (3)
- 1040983 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 104312 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-245 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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