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Fortinet FortiClient Privilege escalation vulnerability (FG-IR-20-079)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155788

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Synopsis

remote Windows host is affected by a privilege escalation.

Description

The version of FortiClient installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FG-IR-20-079 advisory.

 - An improper authorization vulnerability [CWE-285] in FortiClient for Windows versions 7.0.1 and below and 6.4.2 and below may allow a local unprivileged attacker to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM via the named pipe responsible for Forticlient updates. (CVE-2021-36183)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Please upgrade to FortiClientWindows version 6.4.3/7.0.2 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-079

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155788

File Name: forticlient_FG-IR-20-079.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 12/2/2021

Updated: 10/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-36183

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:fortinet:forticlient

Required KB Items: installed_sw/FortiClient

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-36183

IAVA: 2021-A-0562-S