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CVE-2017-7344

Published: Dec 14, 2017

Modified: Oct 25, 2024

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Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Fortinet, Inc.	FortiClientWindows	affected `5.6.0, 5.4.3, 5.4.2, 5.4.1, 5.4.0`

References

https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/

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vdb-entry

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https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-070

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