PT-2017-9663 · Fortinet · Forticlient

Published 2017-06-26 · Updated 2018-01-17 · CVE-2016-8493

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FortiClientWindows versions 5.4.1 through 5.4.2

Description The issue allows an attacker to escalate privilege via a FortiClientNamedPipe vulnerability.

Recommendations For FortiClientWindows versions 5.4.1 and 5.4.2, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-8493

Affected Products

Forticlient

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8493 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8493 · Vendor Advisory
• https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-16-095 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101682 · Note