CVE-2023-41840

A untrusted search path vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientWindows 7.0.9 allows an attacker to perform a DLL Hijack attack via a malicious OpenSSL engine library in the search path.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-274	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:7.0.9:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:7.2.0:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:7.2.1:::::windows::

History

21 Nov 2023, 01:38

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-11-14 18:15

Updated : 2024-02-05 00:22

NVD link : CVE-2023-41840

Mitre link : CVE-2023-41840

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-41840

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fortinet

forticlient

CWE

CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path

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