CVE-2016-8493 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In FortiClientWindows 5.4.1 and 5.4.2, an attacker may escalate privilege via a FortiClientNamedPipe vulnerability.

Published: 2017-06-26

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Fortinet

Fortinet FortiClient

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`FortiClient 5.4.2, 5.4.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:5.4.1:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:5.4.2:::::windows::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-9341	In FortiClientWindows 5.4.1 and 5.4.2, an attacker may escalate privilege via a FortiClientNamedPipe vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0059.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101682
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-16-095

History

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Fortinet Forticlient

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fortinet

Published: 2017-06-26T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-10-25T14:34:07.534Z

Reserved: 2016-10-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8493

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:27:39.642Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-26T17:29:00.187

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-8493

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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