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CVE-2017-17544

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: April 9, 2019 at 03:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:11 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFortiOS

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 6.0.0 to 6.0.6, 5.6.0 to 5.6.10, 5.4 and below allows admin users to elevate their profile to super_admin via restoring modified configurations.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

FortiOS· Fortinet
95%
v ≤ 5.4.0v < 6.2.05.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.6.106.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.6
Affected range stops below 6.2.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107839
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-053

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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