CVE-2022-33873
Published: 18 October 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-33873 is a medium-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortitester. Its CVSS base score is 6.8 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 4.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2022-33873 is an OS command injection flaw (CWE-78) present in the console login components of FortiTester versions 2.3.0 through 3.9.1, 4.0.0 through 4.2.0, and 7.0.0 through 7.1.0. It arises from improper neutralization of special elements in OS commands and received a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.8.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the weakness to execute arbitrary commands in the underlying shell. The attack vector requires physical access according to the CVSS metrics, with no privileges or user interaction needed and high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Fortinet published an advisory at https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-237. The associated EPSS score is 0.2165 at both current and peak values.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-36912
Vulnerability details
An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerabilities [CWE-78] in Console login components of FortiTester 2.3.0 through 3.9.1, 4.0.0 through 4.2.0, 7.0.0 through 7.1.0 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary command…
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in the underlying shell.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
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Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.