CVE-2021-32592

HIGH

Fortinet Forticlient < 6.0.9 - Uncontrolled Search Path

Title source: rule

Description

An unsafe search path vulnerability in FortiClientWindows 7.0.0, 6.4.6 and below, 6.2.x, 6.0.x and FortiClientEMS 7.0.0, 6.4.6 and below, 6.2.x, 6.0.x may allow an attacker to perform a DLL Hijack attack on affected devices via a malicious OpenSSL engine library in the search path.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-088

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 16.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-427

Status published

Affected Products (4)

fortinet/forticlient < 6.0.9

fortinet/forticlient

fortinet/forticlient_enterprise_management_server < 6.0.6

fortinet/forticlient_enterprise_management_server

Timeline

Published Dec 01, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026