CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7344
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-12-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
Affected configurations
• fortinet forticlient (<= 5.4.3)
• fortinet forticlient 5.6.0
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102176 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-070 Vendor Advisory
- https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/ Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102176 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-070 Vendor Advisory
- https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/ Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory