PT-2024-13254 · Fortinet · Forticlientmac

Published 2023-10-09 · Updated 2025-07-15 · CVE-2023-45588

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: FortiClientMac versions 7.2.3 and below FortiClientMac version 7.0.10 and below installer

Description: The issue allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via writing a malicious configuration file in /tmp before starting the installation process. This is due to an external control of file name or path vulnerability.

Recommendations: For FortiClientMac versions 7.2.3 and below, update to a version above 7.2.3 to resolve the issue. For FortiClientMac version 7.0.10 and below installer, update the installer to a version above 7.0.10 to mitigate the risk. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting write access to the /tmp directory to prevent malicious configuration files from being written.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-73

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-02849

CVE-2023-45588

Affected Products

Forticlientmac

References · 10

• https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-345 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45588 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-45588 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-02849 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/129050 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1900582057975460218 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/true_secator/5629 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/20325 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/fletch_ai/status/1778120857539457345 · Twitter Post
• https://vuldb.com/?id.299744 · Note