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Fortinet FortiClient 6.2 <= 6.2.9 / 6.4.x < 6.4.6 / 7.x < 7.0.2 Path Traversal (FG-IR-21-190)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165176

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host is affected by a privilege escalation.

Description

A relative path traversal vulnerability in FortiClient for Windows versions 7.0.2 and prior, 6.4.6 and prior and 6.2.9 and below may allow a local unprivileged attacker to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM via the named pipe responsible for FortiESNAC service.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Fortinet FortiClient 6.4.7, 7.0.3, or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-190

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165176

File Name: forticlient_FG-IR-21-190.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/15/2022

Updated: 12/5/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41031

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:fortinet:forticlient

Required KB Items: installed_sw/FortiClient

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41031