Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published May 24, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-14187
CVE-2017-14187
Description
A local privilege escalation and local code execution vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.6.0 to 5.6.2, 5.4.0 to 5.4.8, and 5.2 and below versions allows attacker to execute unauthorized binary program contained on an USB drive plugged into a FortiGate via linking the aforementioned binary program to a command that is allowed to be run by the fnsysctl CLI command.
Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104312nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040983nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-245nvdMitigationVendor Advisory
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