8.8high
CVE-2016-8493
In FortiClientWindows 5.4.1 and 5.4.2, an attacker may escalate privilege via a FortiClientNamedPipe vulnerability.
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.8%
percentile 79%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
In FortiClientWindows 5.4.1 and 5.4.2, an attacker may escalate privilege via a FortiClientNamedPipe vulnerability.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.82% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Fortinet Fortinet FortiClient
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
- Technology feeds
- Fortinet (RSS, critical only)
References
- fortiguard.com /psirt/FG-IR-16-095 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/101682 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-8493
- NVD: CVE-2016-8493
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