CVE-2021-36183

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.8

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.136

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-36183,CVE-2021-44169 are affected in Forticlient 7.0.1-windows	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-36183,CVE-2021-41028,CVE-2021-44169 are affected in Forticlient (x64) 7.0.1	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-36183,CVE-2021-41028,CVE-2021-44169 are affected in Forticlient 7.0.1	Windows
CVE-2021-36183	NCM

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234