CVE-2024-32116

File deletion via crafted relative-path CLI requests

Published Nov 12, 2024 · Updated Nov 13, 2024

Relative path traversal in Fortinet FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer allows local users with high privileges to delete files via crafted CLI requests. Fortinet has not disclosed the affected CLI commands or how their pathname handling fails to confine relative paths before file deletion. Successful exploitation requires a highly privileged local session and can remove underlying filesystem content, causing data loss or service interruption.

CVSS severity5.1
Medium
EPSS probability0.24%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Relative path traversal in Fortinet FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer allows local users with high privileges to delete files via crafted CLI requests. Fortinet has not disclosed the affected CLI commands or how their pathname handling fails to confine relative paths before file deletion. Successful exploitation requires a highly privileged local session and can remove underlying filesystem content, causing data loss or service interruption.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-32116
Published
Nov 12, 2024
Updated
Nov 13, 2024
Vendor
Fortinet
Product
FortiManager
Classifications
CWE-22, CWE-23, T1485
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 13, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=6.2.0 <=6.2.13
  2. Affected versionversion=6.4.0 <=6.4.15
  3. Affected versionversion=7.0.0 <=7.0.13
  4. Affected versionversion=7.2.0 <=7.2.5
  5. Affected versionversion=7.4.0 <=7.4.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Fortinet · FortiManagerversion=6.2.0 <=6.2.13; version=6.4.0 <=6.4.15; version=7.0.0 <=7.0.13; version=7.2.0 <=7.2.5; version=7.4.0 <=7.4.2
Fortinet · FortiAnalyzerversion=6.2.0 <=6.2.13; version=6.4.0 <=6.4.15; version=7.0.0 <=7.0.13; version=7.2.0 <=7.2.5; version=7.4.0 <=7.4.2

Published CVSS scores

6.0NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
5.1Fortinet, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-23Relative Path Traversal
T1485Data Destruction

Public exploit references

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