CVE-2023-27993 Path traversal in FortiADC
A privileged attacker can delete arbitrary directories on FortiADC devices via crafted CLI commands due to relative path traversal.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-27993?
CVE-2023-27993 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet FortiADC, published on 3 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A relative path traversal [CWE-23] in Fortinet FortiADC version 7.2.0 and before 7.1.1 allows a privileged attacker to delete arbitrary directories from the underlying file system via crafted CLI commands.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-27993?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fortinet Fortiadc.
How do I fix CVE-2023-27993?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-27993 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2023-27993 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-27993 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiADC
Sources
Also known as GHSA-732v-x297-mcrm.