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.

CVSS v3.0 8.1 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.6 HIGH

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 4.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-070	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102176	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/	Exploit Mitigation Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:5.6.0:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient::::::windows::*

Information

Published : 2017-12-14 10:29

Updated : 2019-10-02 17:03

NVD link : CVE-2017-7344

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7344

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Products Affected

fortinet

forticlient

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