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CVE-2017-7344
N/ADescription
A privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient Windows 5.4.3 and earlier as well as 5.6.0 allows attacker to gain privilege via exploiting the Windows "security alert" dialog thereby popping up when the "VPN before logon" feature is enabled and an untrusted certificate chain.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A
Published12/14/2017
Last Modified4/20/2025
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
fortinet:forticlient
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102176(psirt@fortinet.com)
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-070(psirt@fortinet.com)
https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/(psirt@fortinet.com)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102176(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-070(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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