CVE-2021-36183
HIGHFortiClient for Windows <7.0.1 & <6.4.2 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-079
Scores
CVSS v3
7.4
EPSS
0.0014
EPSS Percentile
33.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
fortinet/forticlient
6.4.0 - 6.4.2
Published
Nov 02, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026