CVE-2017-14187

highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.004 · 39 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.45% (39th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

A local privilege escalation and local code execution vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.6.0 to 5.6.2, 5.4.0 to 5.4.8, and 5.2 and below versions allows attacker to execute unauthorized binary program contained on an USB drive plugged into a FortiGate via linking the aforementioned binary program to a command that is allowed to be run by the fnsysctl CLI command.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.9–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.06.2mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.3 · impact 5.9

v3.05.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.16.2mediumAV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USprimaryCWE-264US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

0xSIGILL/CVE-2017-14187_PoC_ARMv7LPE for FortiOS 5.6.0 to 5.6.2, 5.4.0 to 5.4.8, and below 5.2PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Fortinet FortiOS <5.4.9all versionscert_bundDE
Fortinet FortiOS <5.6.3all versionscert_bundDE
Fortinet FortiOS< 5.4.9cert_bundDE
Fortinet FortiOS< 5.6.3cert_bundDE
Fortinet, Inc. FortiOS≤ 5.6.0 to 5.6.2enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet, Inc. FortiOS≤ 5.2 and below versionsenisa_euvdEU
Fortinet, Inc. FortiOS≤ 5.4.0 to 5.4.8enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet Inc. FortiOS≤ 5.2.0fstec_bduRU
Fortinet Inc. FortiOS5.4.0 → 5.4.7fstec_bduRU
Fortinet Inc. FortiOS5.6.0 → 5.6.2fstec_bduRU
fortinet fortios≤ 5.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios5.4.0 → 5.4.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios5.6.0 → 5.6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-0496Fortinet FortiOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2018-05-22csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Fortinet FortiOS ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen oder seine Rechte zu erweitern.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-05-24modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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