CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-57716

7.3 HIGH Published 2025-10-14 Modified 2026-10-08 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2025-10-14
Last modified
2026-10-08
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])
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-427

Description

An Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability [CWE-427] in FortiClient Windows 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.0 all versions may allow a local low privileged user to perform a DLL hijacking attack via placing a malicious DLL to the FortiClient Online Installer installation folder.

Affected configurations

• fortinet forticlient (>= 7.0.0 < 7.2.12) • fortinet forticlient (>= 7.4.0 < 7.4.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness

References