Overview
- 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.
- Source
- psirt@fortinet.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 8.1
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 2.2
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.6
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 4.9
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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"negate": false,
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"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "3FA54405-BA2E-4B8D-A333-1CD47CCE784A",
"versionEndIncluding": "5.4.3"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "4A0005D2-3558-414D-97AC-ACAD11C0FD10"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]