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CVE-2021-36183

Published: Nov 2, 2021

Modified: Oct 25, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.4

HIGH

Description

An improper authorization vulnerability [CWE-285] in FortiClient for Windows versions 7.0.1 and below and 6.4.2 and below may allow a local unprivileged attacker to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM via the named pipe responsible for Forticlient updates.

VendorProductVersions

Fortinet

Fortinet FortiClientWindows

affected
FortiClientWindows 7.0.1, 7.0.0, 6.4.2, 6.4.1, 6.4.0

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:X

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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