PT-2017-2229 · Fortinet · Fortinetclient

Published 2017-05-27 · Updated 2017-05-27 · CVE-2016-8497

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FortinetClient for Linux (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the SSL VPN software. It allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary files with root privileges by replacing the subproc file with another file, potentially executable.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01423

CVE-2016-8497

Affected Products

Fortinetclient

References · 3

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01423 · Security Note
• https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-16-041 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97478 · Note