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CVE-2017-7344

N/A
Published: December 14, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorForticlient

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient Windows 5.4.3 and earlier as well as 5.6.0 allows attacker to gain privilege via exploiting the Windows "security alert" dialog thereby popping up when the "VPN before logon" feature is enabled and an untrusted certificate chain.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102176
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-070
x_refsource_MISCExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.6HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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