CVE-2025-57716

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-57716
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerfortinet
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-10-14 16:15:40 UTC
Updated2026-10-08 11:10:00 UTC
DescriptionAn Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability [CWE-427] in FortiClient Windows 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.0 all versions may allow a local low privileged user to perform a DLL hijacking attack via placing a malicious DLL to the FortiClient Online Installer installation folder.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.3 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-427 | CWE-427 Execute unauthorized code or commands

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.3HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1[email protected]Secondary6.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS6MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fortinet Forticlient All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Fortinet FortiClientWindows affected 7.4.0 7.4.3 semver Not specified
CNA Fortinet FortiClientWindows affected 7.2.0 7.2.11 semver Not specified
CNA Fortinet FortiClientWindows affected 7.0.0 7.0.14 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-685 [email protected] fortiguard.fortinet.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: Upgrade to FortiClientWindows version 7.4.4 or above Upgrade to FortiClientWindows version 7.2.12 or above

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