8.1high
CVE-2017-7344
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…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
8.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.8%
percentile 79%
Public exploits
0
none known
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.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.85% 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 | 8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Fortinet, Inc. FortiClientWindows
Classification
- Technology feeds
- Fortinet (RSS, critical only)
References
- securite.intrinsec.com /2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/102176 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- fortiguard.com /advisory/FG-IR-17-070 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-7344
- NVD: CVE-2017-7344
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