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CVE-2021-36183

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 attack…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
FortinetForticlient
from 6.4.0 through 6.4.2
from 7.0.0 through 7.0.1

References