PSIRT Advisories

FortiClient privilege escalation vulnerability

Summary

A low privileged user may be able to execute arbitrary code by exploiting a FortiClientNamedPipe vulnerability.

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A low privileged user may be able to execute arbitrary code by exploiting a FortiClientNamedPipe vulnerability.

Affected Products

FortiClientWindows 5.4.1, 5.4.2.

Solutions

Upgrade to FortiClient Windows: 5.4.3 or 5.6.0

Acknowledgement

Fortinet is pleased to thank Zhipeng Huo from Tencent Technology Company Limited for reporting this  vulnerability under responsible disclosure.