CVE-2015-5737

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-09-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The (1) mdare64_48.sys, (2) mdare32_48.sys, (3) mdare32_52.sys, (4) mdare64_52.sys, and (5) Fortishield.sys drivers in Fortinet FortiClient before 5.2.4 do not properly restrict access to the API for management of processes and the Windows registry, which allows local users to obtain a privileged handle to a PID and possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by a 0x2220c8 ioctl call.

Affected products

Fortinet FortiClientWindows: through 5.2.3

References

http://fortiguard.com/advisory/mulitple-vulnerabilities-in-forticlient
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133398/FortiClient-Antivirus-Information-Exposure-Access-Control.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/0
http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/forticlient-antivirus-multiple-vulnerabilities
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/mulitple-vulnerabilities-in-forticlient
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536369/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033439
http://fortiguard.com/advisory/mulitple-vulnerabilities-in-forticlient
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133398/FortiClient-Antivirus-Information-Exposure-Access-Control.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/0
http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/forticlient-antivirus-multiple-vulnerabilities
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/mulitple-vulnerabilities-in-forticlient

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