CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-0779
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-02-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The fortimon.sys device driver in Fortinet FortiClient Host Security 3.0 MR5 Patch 3 and earlier does not properly initialize its DeviceExtension, which allows local users to access kernel memory and execute arbitrary code via a crafted request.
Affected configurations
• fortinet forticlient host security (<= 3.0)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://kc.forticare.com/default.asp?id=3618 kc.forticare.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28975 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3660 securityreason.com
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_mamblog&Itemid=15&task=show&action=view&id=47&Itemid=15 www.reversemode.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488071/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27776 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019415 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0541/references Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40512 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://kc.forticare.com/default.asp?id=3618 kc.forticare.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28975 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3660 securityreason.com
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_mamblog&Itemid=15&task=show&action=view&id=47&Itemid=15 www.reversemode.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488071/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27776 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019415 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0541/references Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40512 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com