Path traversal vulnerability leading to file creation

Summary

An improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability [CWE-22] in FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer-BigData may allow a privileged attacker with read write administrative privileges to create non-arbitrary files on a chosen directory via crafted CLI requests.

Version Affected Solution
FortiAnalyzer 7.6 Not affected Not Applicable
FortiAnalyzer 7.4 7.4.0 through 7.4.2 Upgrade to 7.4.3 or above
FortiAnalyzer 7.2 7.2 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiAnalyzer 7.0 7.0 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiAnalyzer 6.4 6.4 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiAnalyzer 6.2 6.2 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiAnalyzer-BigData 7.4 7.4.0 Upgrade to 7.4.1 or above
FortiAnalyzer-BigData 7.2 7.2 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiAnalyzer-BigData 7.0 7.0 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiAnalyzer-BigData 6.4 6.4 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiAnalyzer-BigData 6.2 6.2 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiManager 7.6 Not affected Not Applicable
FortiManager 7.4 7.4.0 through 7.4.2 Upgrade to 7.4.3 or above
FortiManager 7.2 7.2 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiManager 7.0 7.0 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiManager 6.4 6.4 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiManager 6.2 6.2 all versions Migrate to a fixed release

Acknowledgement

Internally discovered and reported by Theo Leleu of Fortinet Product Security team.

Timeline

2024-11-12: Initial publication