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0
Severity
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An insufficient session expiration vulnerability [CWE- 613] in FortiClientEMS versions 6.4.2 and below, 6.2.8 and below may allow an attacker to reuse the unexpired admin user session IDs to gain admin privileges, should the attacker be able to obtain that session ID (via other, hypothetical attacks)

First published (updated )
Severity
9.6
Buffer Overflow, XSS, SQL Injection, Input Validation, Code Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:R

A improper neutralization of formula elements in a csv file in Fortinet FortiClientEMS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, 7.0.0 through 7.0.10, 6.4.0 through 6.4.9, 6.2.0 through 6.2.9, 6.0.0 through 6.0.8 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially crafted packets.

Remedy

Please upgrade to FortiClientEMS version 7.2.3 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientEMS version 7.0.11 or above
First published (updated )
Severity
9.6
Code Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:X

An improper control of generation of code ('code injection') in Fortinet FortiClientLinux version 7.2.0, 7.0.6 through 7.0.10 and 7.0.3 through 7.0.4 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via tricking a FortiClientLinux user into visiting a malicious website

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Source: MITRE

Remedy

Please upgrade to FortiClientLinux version 7.2.1 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientLinux version 7.0.11 or above
First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:X

An execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability in the VCM engine of FortiClient for Linux versions 6.2.7 and below, version 6.4.0. may allow local users to elevate their privileges to root by creating a malicious script or program on the target machine.

Remedy

Please upgrade to FortiClient for Linux versions 6.2.8 or above. Please upgrade to FortiClient for Linux versions 6.4.1 or above.
First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
Infoleak
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An Information Disclosure vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClient for Windows 5.6.0 and below versions, FortiClient for Mac OSX 5.6.0 and below versions and FortiClient SSLVPN Client for Linux 4.4.2334 and below versions allows regular users to see each other's VPN authentication credentials due to improperly secured storage locations.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.4
AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:R

An improper authentication in Fortinet FortiClientMac 7.0.11 through 7.2.4 allows attacker to gain improper access to MacOS via empty password.

Remedy

Please upgrade to FortiClientMac version 7.4.1 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientMac version 7.2.5 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientMac version 7.0.13 or above
First published (updated )
Severity
8.2
EPSS
0.04%
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:X

An external control of file name or path vulnerability [CWE-73] in FortiClientMac version 7.2.3 and below, version 7.0.10 and below installer may allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via writing a malicious configuration file in /tmp before starting the installation process.

Remedy

Please upgrade to FortiClientMac version 7.2.4 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientMac version 7.0.11 or above
First published (updated )
Severity
8.2
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:X

An external control of file name or path vulnerability [CWE-73] in FortiClientMac version 7.2.3 and below, version 7.0.10 and below installer may allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via writing a malicious configuration file in /tmp before starting the installation process.

Remedy

Please upgrade to FortiClientMac version 7.2.4 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientMac version 7.0.11 or above
First published (updated )
Severity
8.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A combination of a use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability [CWE-321] in FortiClientEMS 7.0.1 and below, 6.4.6 and below and an improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-297] in FortiClientWindows, FortiClientLinux and FortiClientMac 7.0.1 and below, 6.4.6 and below may allow an unauthenticated and network adjacent attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack between the EMS and the FCT via the telemetry protocol.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.1
AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:C

AAn improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiClientWindows 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, 7.0.0 through 7.0.11, FortiClientLinux 7.2.0, 7.0.0 through 7.0.11 and FortiClientMac 7.0.0 through 7.0.11, 7.2.0 through 7.2.4 may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack on the communication channel between the FortiGate and the FortiClient during the ZTNA tunnel creation

Remedy

Please upgrade to FortiClientMac version 7.2.5 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientMac version 7.0.12 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientEMS version 7.2.0 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientLinux version 7.2.1 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientLinux version 7.0.12 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientWindows version 7.2.3 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientWindows version 7.0.12 or above
First published (updated )
Severity
8
OS Command Injection, Input Validation
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An improper input validation vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux 6.4.x before 6.4.3, FortiClient for Linux 6.2.x before 6.2.9 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the host operating system as root via tricking the user into connecting to a network with a malicious name.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

An Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability [CWE-347] in FortiClient MacOS installer version 7.4.2 and below, version 7.2.9 and below, 7.0 all versions may allow a local user to escalate their privileges via FortiClient related executables.

Remedy

Upgrade to FortiClientMac version 7.4.4 or above Upgrade to FortiClientMac version 7.2.10 or above
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability [CWE-122] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientWindows 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, FortiClientWindows 7.2.0 through 7.2.8 may allow an authenticated local IPSec user to execute arbitrary code or commands via "fortips74.sys". The attacker would need to bypass the Windows heap integrity protections

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

An Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control vulnerability [CWE-782] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientWindows 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, FortiClientWindows 7.2.0 through 7.2.9 may allow an authenticated local user to execute unauthorized code via fortips driver. Success of the attack would require bypassing the Windows memory protections such as Heap integrity and HSP. In addition, it requires a valid and running VPN IPSec connection.

Remedy

Upgrade to FortiClientWindows version 7.4.4 or above Upgrade to FortiClientWindows version 7.2.10 or above
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) implementations in Fortinet FortiOS 2.50, 2.80 and 3.0, FortiClient 2.0,; and FortiManager 2.80 and 3.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (termination of a process that is automatically restarted) via IKE packets with invalid values of certain IPSec attributes, as demonstrated by the PROTOS ISAKMP Test Suite for IKEv1. NOTE: due to the lack of details in the vendor advisory, it is unclear which of CVE-2005-3666, CVE-2005-3667, and/or CVE-2005-3668 this issue applies to.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Fortinet FortiClient Linux SSLVPN before build 2313, when installed on Linux in a home directory that is world readable and executable, allows local users to gain privileges via the helper/subroc setuid program.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
OS Command Injection
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command vulnerability in one of FortiClient for Mac OS root processes, may allow a local user of the system on which FortiClient is running to execute unauthorized code as root by bypassing a security check.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A UNIX symbolic link (Symlink) Following (CWE-61) vulnerability in FortiClient for MacOS may allow a local and unprivileged user to overwrite privileged shell scripts executed during the installation phase via escalating their privileges to root.

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Source: FortiGuard
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux 6.2.1 and below may allow an user with low privilege to run system commands under root privilege via injecting specially crafted "ExportLogs" type IPC client requests to the fctsched process.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A download of code without Integrity check vulnerability [CWE-494] in FortiClientMac version 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, 6.4 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions, 5.6 all versions, 5.4 all versions, 5.2 all versions, 5.0 all versions and 4.0 all versions may allow a local attacker to escalate their privileges via modifying the installer upon upgrade.

Remedy

Please upgrade to  FortiClientMac version 7.0.8 or above. Please upgrade to  FortiClientMac version 7.2.0 or above.
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Race Condition
AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

An improper verification of cryptographic signature vulnerability [CWE-347] in FortiClient MacOS version 7.4.0, version 7.2.4 and below, version 7.0.10 and below, version 6.4.10 and below may allow a local authenticated attacker to swap the installer with a malicious package via a race condition during the installation process.

Remedy

Please upgrade to FortiClientMac version 7.4.1 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientMac version 7.2.5 or above
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Weak Encryption
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Users' VPN authentication credentials are unsafely encrypted in Fortinet FortiClient for Windows 5.6.0 and below versions, FortiClient for Mac OSX 5.6.0 and below versions and FortiClient SSLVPN Client for Linux 4.4.2335 and below versions, due to the use of a static encryption key and weak encryption algorithms.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

An incorrect permission assignment for critical resource vulnerability [CWE-732] in FortiClient for Linux version 6.0.8 and below, 6.2.9 and below, 6.4.7 and below, 7.0.2 and below may allow an unauthenticated attacker to access sensitive information in log files and directories via symbolic links.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.3
AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

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.

Remedy

Upgrade to FortiClientWindows version 7.4.4 or above Upgrade to FortiClientWindows version 7.2.12 or above
First published (updated )
Severity
7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The fortimon.sys device driver in Fortinet FortiClient Host Security 3.0 MR5 Patch 3 and earlier does not properly initialize its DeviceExtension, which allows local users to access kernel memory and execute arbitrary code via a crafted request.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.1
Code Injection
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C

An Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability [CWE-94] in FortiClientMac 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.1 through 7.2.8 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the victim's host via tricking the user into visiting a malicious website.

Remedy

Upgrade to FortiClientMac version 7.4.4 or above Upgrade to FortiClientMac version 7.2.9 or above
First published (updated )
Severity
7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux 6.2.1 and below may allow a user with low privilege to overwrite system files as root with arbitrary content through system backup file via specially crafted "BackupConfig" type IPC client requests to the fctsched process. Further more, FortiClient for Linux 6.2.2 and below allow low privilege user write the system backup file under root privilege through GUI thus can cause root system file overwrite.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.8
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux 6.2.1 and below may allow a user with low privilege to cause FortiClient processes running under root priviledge crashes via sending specially crafted "StartAvCustomScan" type IPC client requests to the fctsched process due the argv data not been well sanitized.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.8
Input Validation
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A Denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux 6.2.1 and below may allow an user with low privilege to cause FortiClient processes running under root privilege crashes via sending specially crafted IPC client requests to the fctsched process due the nanomsg not been correctly validated.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.3
AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:C

A UNIX symbolic link (Symlink) Following (CWE-61) vulnerability in FortiClient for MacOS may allow a local and unprivileged user to overwrite privileged shell scripts executed during the installation phase via escalating their privileges to root.

First published (updated )
Advisory
FG-IR-21-022

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