CVE-2021-44167

MEDIUM

Fortinet Forticlient < 6.0.8 - Incorrect Permission Assignment

Title source: rule

Description

An incorrect permission assignment for critical resource vulnerability [CWE-732] in FortiClient for Linux version 6.0.8 and below, 6.2.9 and below, 6.4.7 and below, 7.0.2 and below may allow an unauthenticated attacker to access sensitive information in log files and directories via symbolic links.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-232

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8

EPSS 0.0034

EPSS Percentile 56.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-732

Status published

Products (1)

fortinet/forticlient 6.0.0 - 6.0.8

Published May 11, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026