CVE-2025-53951

An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability [CWE-22] in Fortinet FortiDLP Agent's Outlookproxy plugin for Windows 11.5.1 and 11.4.2 through 11.4.6 and 11.3.2 through 11.3.4 and 11.2.0 through 11.2.3 and 11.1.1 through 11.1.2 and 11.0.1 and 10.5.1 and 10.4.0, and 10.3.1 may allow an authenticated attacker to escalate their privilege to LocalService via sending a crafted request to a local listening port.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-628	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortidlp_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

16 Oct 2025, 17:54

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Microsoft windows Microsoft Fortinet fortidlp Agent Fortinet
References	~~() https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-628 -~~	() https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-628 - Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortidlp_agent::::::::

16 Oct 2025, 14:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-10-16 14:15

Updated : 2025-10-16 17:54

NVD link : CVE-2025-53951

Mitre link : CVE-2025-53951

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-53951

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fortinet

fortidlp_agent

microsoft

windows

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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