CVE-2021-26089
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 12, 2021 at 12:48 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:42 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorForticlient
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
An improper symlink following in FortiClient for Mac 6.4.3 and below may allow an non-privileged user to execute arbitrary privileged shell commands during installation phase.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 6.4.3
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-022x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-078/SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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