CVE-2023-41840
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.4 High
- Published
- Nov 14, 2023
- Updated
- Dec 16, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 4, 2023
Description
A untrusted search path vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientWindows 7.0.9 allows an attacker to perform a DLL Hijack attack via a malicious OpenSSL engine library in the search path.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.4 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:X | fortinet |
Weaknesses
- CWE-426 Escalation of privilege
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
FortiClientWindowsFortinet |
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References
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