Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2025 · Assigned by fortinet
CVE-2025-57716
Medium 6.0
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled search path 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 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability [CWE-427] in FortiClient Windows 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.0 all versions may allow a local low privileged user to perform a DLL hijacking attack via placing a malicious DLL to the FortiClient Online Installer installation folder.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Fortinet | FortiClientWindows | 7.4.0 – through 7.4.37.2.0 – through 7.2.117.0.0 – through 7.0.14 |
Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C