FKIE_CVE-2017-7344

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-12-14 18:29 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient Windows 5.4.3 and earlier as well as 5.6.0 allows attacker to gain privilege via exploiting the Windows "security alert" dialog thereby popping up when the "VPN before logon" feature is enabled and an untrusted certificate chain.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102176Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-070Vendor Advisory
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102176Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-070Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fortinet forticlient *
fortinet forticlient 5.6.0
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  "lastModified": "2025-04-20T01:37:25.860",
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