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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 the Windows "security alert" dialog thereby popping up when the "VPN before logon" feature is enabled and an untrusted certificate chain.

Published

2017-12-14T18:29:00.210

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 8.1 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	fortinet	forticlient	≤ 5.4.3	Yes
Application	fortinet	forticlient	5.6.0	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102176 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-070 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/ Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102176 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-070 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/ Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)