CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-26089
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-07-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
An improper symlink following in FortiClient for Mac 6.4.3 and below may allow an non-privileged user to execute arbitrary privileged shell commands during installation phase.
Affected configurations
• fortinet forticlient (<= 6.4.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-022 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-078/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-022 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-078/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry