CVE-2024-45328
Published: 11 March 2025
Description
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
Security Summary
CVE-2024-45328 is an incorrect authorization vulnerability (CWE-863) affecting FortiSandbox versions 4.4.0 through 4.4.6. The issue enables a low-privileged administrator to execute elevated CLI commands via the GUI console menu, bypassing intended access controls.
A local attacker with low privileges (PR:L) can exploit this vulnerability with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction (UI:N). Exploitation requires local access (AV:L) to the system but can result in high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H), as reflected in its CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 with unchanged scope (S:U). This could allow the attacker to escalate privileges and gain full control over the affected FortiSandbox instance.
The Fortinet PSIRT advisory (FG-IR-24-261) provides details on mitigation and patches; security practitioners should consult https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-261 for remediation guidance.
Details
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Affected Products
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
The incorrect authorization vulnerability directly allows low-privileged users to execute elevated CLI commands, enabling privilege escalation via exploitation of the software flaw.