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    CVE-2017-7344

    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.

    Published:Dec 14, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Dec 14, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.01272
    CVSS Score:8.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fortinet
    Product
    Forticlient

    Exploits

    https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High