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 attacker to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM via the named pipe responsible for Forticlient updates.

CVSS v3 7.4 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.4^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.4 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-079	Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-079	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

21 Nov 2024, 06:13

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~7.2~~ v3 : ~~7.8~~	v2 : 7.2 v3 : 7.4
References	~~() https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-079 - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-079 - Vendor Advisory

03 May 2022, 16:04

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-863~~	NVD-CWE-Other

04 Nov 2021, 16:09

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient::::::windows::*
CWE		CWE-863
References	~~(CONFIRM) https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-079 -~~	(CONFIRM) https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-079 - Vendor Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : 7.2 v3 : 7.8

02 Nov 2021, 19:36

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-11-02 19:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:13

NVD link : CVE-2021-36183

Mitre link : CVE-2021-36183

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-36183

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fortinet

forticlient

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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7.4 /10