CVE-2021-44169

State: Published
Severity: 8.2 High
Published: Apr 6, 2022
Updated: Oct 25, 2024
Reserved: Nov 23, 2021

Description

A improper initialization in Fortinet FortiClient (Windows) version 6.0.10 and below, version 6.2.9 and below, version 6.4.7 and below, version 7.0.3 and below allows attacker to gain administrative privileges via placing a malicious executable inside the FortiClient installer's directory.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.2 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:C	fortinet

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Fortinet FortiClientWindowsFortinet	FortiClientWindows 7.0.2, 7.0.1, 7.0.0, 6.4.7, 6.4.6, 6.4.5, 6.4.4, 6.4.3, 6.4.2, 6.4.1, 6.4.0, 6.2.9, 6.2.8, 6.2.7, 6.2.6, 6.2.5, 6.2.4, 6.2.3, 6.2.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.0, 6.0.10, 6.0.9, 6.0.8, 6.0.7, 6.0.6, 6.0.5, 6.0.4, 6.0.3, 6.0.2, 6.0.1, 6.0.0Affected

References

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-238

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