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 versions allows...
- Published
- May 24, 2018
- Updated
- Oct 25, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- fortinet
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 40.1%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1LPE for FortiOS 5.6.0 to 5.6.2, 5.4.0 to 5.4.8, and below 5.2
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