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CVE-2022-43946 (GCVE-0-2022-43946)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-11 16:06 – Updated: 2024-10-23 14:28
VLAI
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities including an incorrect permission assignment for critical resource [CWE-732] vulnerability and a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition [CWE-367] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientWindows before 7.0.7 allows attackers on the same file sharing network to execute commands via writing data into a windows pipe.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:U/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-23 14:11 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-732 - Escalation of privilege
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Fortinet FortiClientWindows Affected: 7.0.0 , ≤ 7.0.7 (semver)
Affected: 6.4.0 , ≤ 6.4.10 (semver)
Affected: 6.2.0 , ≤ 6.2.9 (semver)
Affected: 6.0.0 , ≤ 6.0.10 (semver)
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