Vulnerability · Published Jul 18, 2022 · Assigned by fortinet
CVE-2021-41031
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Fortinet FortiClientWindows from Fortinet. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Fortinet | Fortinet FortiClientWindows | FortiClientWindows 7.0.2, 7.0.1, 7.0.0, 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 |
References
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-190 x_refsource_CONFIRM