CVE-2021-41031

A relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] in FortiClient for Windows versions 7.0.2 and prior, 6.4.6 and prior and 6.2.9 and below may allow a local unprivileged attacker to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM via the named pipe responsible for FortiESNAC service.

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 LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-190	Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

25 Jul 2022, 14:30

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient::::::windows::*
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.8
First Time		Fortinet forticlient Fortinet
CWE		CWE-22
References	~~(CONFIRM) https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-190 -~~	(CONFIRM) https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-190 - Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory

18 Jul 2022, 18:48

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-07-18 18:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:35

NVD link : CVE-2021-41031

Mitre link : CVE-2021-41031

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-41031

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Products Affected

fortinet

forticlient

CWE

CWE-22

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

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