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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2019.3914.2
FortiMail admin privilege escalation through improper user profile control
6 January 2020
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: FortiMail
Publisher: Fortinet
Operating System: Network Appliance
Virtualisation
Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2019-15712 CVE-2019-15707
Original Bulletin:
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-237
Revision History: January 6 2020: New fix on 5.4.11 released
October 21 2019: Initial Release
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FortiMail admin privilege escalation through improper user profile control
IR Number : FG-IR-19-237
Date : Oct 18, 2019
Risk : 4/5
Impact : Improper Access Control
CVE ID : CVE-2019-15707, CVE-2019-15712
Summary
Two improper access control vulnerabilities in FortiMail admin webUI may allow
administrators to perform privileged functions they should not be authorized
for.
Specifically, the two vulnerabilities are identified as the following:
CVE-2019-15712: improper access control to web console
CVE-2019-15707: improper access control to system backup config download
Impact
Improper Access Control
Affected Products
FortiMail 6.2.0, 6.0.0 to 6.0.6, 5.4.10 and below.
Solutions
Upgrade to 6.2.1, 6.0.7 or 5.4.11
After upgrading to the patched version:
* web console in admin webUI will be controlled by the following profile
setting:
config system accprofile
set others read, read-write or none
end
* system config downloading will be controlled by the following profile
setting:
config system accprofile
set system read, read-write or none
end
Revision History:
2019-10-18 Initial version
2020-01-03 New fix on 5.4.11 released
Acknowledgement
Fortinet is pleased to thank Danilo Costa from PBI Dynamic IT Security for
reporting this vulnerability under responsible disclosure.
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