Root escalation via writable logs and symlinks
Published Jul 18, 2022 · Updated Oct 25, 2024
Privilege escalation in affected Fortinet FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer releases allows local users with a restricted shell to gain root. World-writable /var/log permissions let the user replace service log files with symlinks, while privileged local services overwrite and append attacker-controlled content to an executable. A non-root administrative-domain login then triggers the executable as root, enabling full appliance control.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in affected Fortinet FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer releases allows local users with a restricted shell to gain root. World-writable /var/log permissions let the user replace service log files with symlinks, while privileged local services overwrite and append attacker-controlled content to an executable. A non-root administrative-domain login then triggers the executable as root, enabling full appliance control.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-26118
- Published
- Jul 18, 2022
- Updated
- Oct 25, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-268, CWE-269, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 18, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 25, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- Synacktiv FortiManager local privilege-escalation proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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