PT-2008-2397 · Fortinet · Forticlient Host Security

Ruben · Published 2008-02-14 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2008-0779

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Fortinet FortiClient Host Security versions 3.0 MR5 Patch 3 and earlier

Description The issue is related to the fortimon.sys device driver, which does not properly initialize its DeviceExtension. This allows local users to access kernel memory and execute arbitrary code via a crafted request.

Recommendations For Fortinet FortiClient Host Security versions 3.0 MR5 Patch 3 and earlier, update to a version later than 3.0 MR5 Patch 3 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0779

Affected Products

Forticlient Host Security

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0779 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0541/references · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28975 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/488071/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://kc.forticare.com/default.asp?id=3618 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019415 · Note
• http://reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_mamblog&Itemid=15&task=show&action=view&id=47&Itemid=15 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40512 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27776 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3660 · Note