CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2014-2723 — Fortinet Fortibalancer 400 Firmware security vulnerability

High CVSS 9

In FortiBalancer 400, 1000, 2000 and 3000, a platform-specific remote access vulnerability has been discovered that may allow a remote user to gain privileged access to affected systems using SSH. The vulnerability is caused by a configuration error, and is not the result of an underlying SSH defect.

Severity
High
CVSS
9 (2.0)
Published
2020-03-19
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-276

Affected products

  • fortinet / fortibalancer_400_firmware
  • fortinet / fortibalancer_1000_firmware
  • fortinet / fortibalancer_2000_firmware
  • fortinet / fortibalancer_3000_firmware

Matched remediation archetype

Privilege escalation and unsafe privilege management

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Check exposure

  • Map service accounts, operating-system identities, roles, capabilities, impersonation, set-user transitions, and administrative helper paths.
  • Determine whether untrusted users or lower-privilege processes can reach the affected transition or modify inputs it trusts.
  • Review file, socket, registry, device, job, container, and cloud-role permissions used before and after privilege changes.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and redesign privileged operations as a minimal, authenticated, allowlisted interface.
  • Drop privileges before processing untrusted input, verify the drop succeeds, and remove unnecessary roles, capabilities, and write permissions.
  • Validate ownership and permissions at time of use and add explicit lower-to-higher privilege boundary tests.

Authoritative sources

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