Vulnerability · Published Apr 11, 2023 · Assigned by fortinet

CVE-2022-43946

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity incorrect permission assignment in 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 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Multiple vulnerabilities including an incorrect permission assignment for critical resource [CWE-732] vulnerability and a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition [CWE-367] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientWindows before 7.0.7 allows attackers on the same file sharing network to execute commands via writing data into a windows pipe.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Fortinet FortiClientWindows 7.0.0 – through 7.0.76.4.0 – through 6.4.106.2.0 – through 6.2.96.0.0 – through 6.0.10

Weakness: CWE-732 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:U/RC:C

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