CVE-2021-36183

An improper authorization vulnerability [CWE-285] in FortiClient for Windows versions 7.0.1 and below and 6.4.2 and below may allow a local unprivileged…

High · published November 2, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
24.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An improper authorization vulnerability [CWE-285] in FortiClient for Windows versions 7.0.1 and below and 6.4.2 and below may allow a local unprivileged attacker to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM via the named pipe responsible for Forticlient updates.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:X
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00327 · 24.6th percentile
Published
2021-11-02T18:41Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 NOV 18:41Z
    An improper authorization vulnerability [CWE-285] in FortiClient for Windows versions 7.0.1 and below and 6.4.2 and below may allow a local unprivileged…
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