Vulnerability · Published Nov 14, 2023 · Assigned by fortinet
CVE-2023-41840
High 7.4
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw 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 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Fortinet | FortiClientWindows | 7.2.0 – through 7.2.17.0.9 |
Weakness: CWE-426 · Vector: 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