CVE-2017-7344

high Fortinet
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
1.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 20% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: December 14, 2017 (3072 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Fortinet
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

fortinet forticlient

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 fortiguard.com 🔗 securite.intrinsec.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 fortiguard.com