CVE-2022-38372 Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiTester

What is CVE-2022-38372?

CVE-2022-38372 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiTester, published on 2 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A hidden functionality vulnerability [CWE-1242] in FortiTester CLI 2.3.0 through 3.9.1, 4.0.0 through 4.2.0, 7.0.0 through 7.1.0 may allow a local, privileged user to obtain a root shell on the device via an undocumented command.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38372?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortitester.

How do I fix CVE-2022-38372?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38372 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-38372 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38372 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiTester

• CVE-2022-33872 Command injection in Fortinet FortiTester Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-33874 Command injection in Fortinet FortiTester Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-35846 Auth bypass in Fortinet FortiTester High 8.1
• CVE-2022-33870 Command injection in Fortinet FortiTester High 7.8
• CVE-2022-35845 Command injection in FortiTester High 7.6

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5x9q-p83x-cp4w.