CVE-2019-5587 Other in Fortinet FortiOS

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can implant malicious programs into FortiOS VM images due to missing integrity checks, enabling code execution and privilege escalation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-5587?

CVE-2019-5587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 4 Jun 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Lack of root file system integrity checking in Fortinet FortiOS VM application images all versions below 6.0.5 may allow attacker to implant malicious programs into the installing image by reassembling the image through specific methods.

Weakness: CWE-345

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5587?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortios.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5587?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5587 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-5587 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5587 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fortinet Fortios vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vh73-v9g2-4q7c.

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