CVE-2015-5737

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5737
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-03 14:59:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe (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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fortinet Forticlient All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fortinet FortiClient Bugs Let Local Users View Memory Contents, Modify the Registry, and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
FortiGuard.com | Mulitple Vulnerabilities in FortiClient af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fortiguard.com
Full Disclosure: [CORE-2015-0013] - FortiClient Antivirus Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
FortiClient Antivirus Multiple Vulnerabilities | CORE Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.coresecurity.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
FortiGuard.com | Mulitple Vulnerabilities in FortiClient af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.fortiguard.com Vendor Advisory
FortiClient Antivirus Information Exposure / Access Control ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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