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CVE-2017-7344

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-12-14 · updated 2026-06-17

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 products

• Fortinet FortiClientWindows: through 5.4.3; 5.6.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102176
• https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-070
• https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102176
• https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-070
• https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/

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