FKIE_CVE-2025-46774

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-10-14 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:26
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability [CWE-347] in FortiClient MacOS installer version 7.4.2 and below, version 7.2.9 and below, 7.0 all versions may allow a local user to escalate their privileges via FortiClient related executables.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-126Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fortinet forticlient *
fortinet forticlient *
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