Headline
CVE-2022-38378: Fortiguard
An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 and before 7.0.7 and FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and before 7.0.7 allows an attacker that has access to the admin profile section (System subsection Administrator Users) to modify their own profile and upgrade their privileges to Read Write via CLI or GUI commands.
** PSIRT Advisories**
FortiOS & FortiProxy - Ability to modify privileges from Custom to Read-Write
Summary
An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in FortiOS & FortiProxy may allow an administrator that has access to the admin profile section (System subsection Administrator Users) to modify their own profile and upgrade their privileges to Read Write via CLI or GUI commands.
Affected Products
FortiOS version 7.2.0
FortiOS version 7.0.0 through 7.0.7
FortiOS 6.4 all versions
FortiOS 6.2 all versions
FortiOS 6.0 all versions
FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1
FortiProxy version 7.0.0 through 7.0.7
FortiProxy 2.0 all versions
FortiProxy 1.2 all versions
FortiProxy 1.1 all versions
Solutions
Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.1 or above
Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.0.8 or above
Please upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.2.2 or above
Please upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.0.8 or above
Acknowledgement
Fortinet is pleased to thank the customer who reported this vulnerability under responsible disclosure.