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CVE-2017-7344
A privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient Windows 5.4.3 and earlier...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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Affected Vendor
Fortinet, Inc.
View all reports →Affected Software
FortiClientWindows
Vulnerable Versions:
5.6.0, 5.4.3, 5.4.2, 5.4.1, 5.4.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 14th, 2017
Last Modified:
October 25th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.