QID 377739

Date Published: 2022-11-09

QID 377739: FortiClient - Denial of Service (DoS) due to Folder Access Permission Change (FG-IR-21-167)

An improper control of a resource through its lifetime [CWE-664] vulnerability in FortiClient (Windows) may allow a privileged attacker to make the whole application unresponsive via changing its root directory access permission.

Affected Products:
FortiClient (Windows) version 6.0.10 and below
FortiClient (Windows) version 6.2.9 and below
FortiClient (Windows) version 6.4.1 and 6.4.0
QID Detection Logic (Authenticated) :
This checks for vulnerable version of FortiClient.exe.

Vulnerable version may allow a privileged attacker to make the whole application unresponsive via changing its root directory access permission.

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 4.4 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.9 severity.

Solution

Users are advised to upgrade to the latest version FortiClient. Please refer Forticlient Advisory for further information.

Vendor References

FG-IR-21-167 - www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-167

CVEs related to QID 377739

CVE-2021-43204 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
FG-IR-21-167			www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-167

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