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November 15, 2023

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

CVE-2023-41840 CVSS:7.8

Fortinet FortiClientWindows could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an untrusted search path vulnerability in FortiClient Windows OpenSSL component. By placing a malicious OpenSSL engine library in the search path, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges.

CVE-2022-40681 CVSS:7.1

Fortinet FortiClientWindows could allow a local authenticated attacker to delete arbitrary files from the system, caused by an incorrect authorization vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files from the system.

Impact

  • Privilege Escalation
  • Data Manipulation

Indicators Of Compromise

CVE

  • CVE-2023-41840
  • CVE-2022-40681

Affected Vendors

Fortinet

Affected Products

  • Fortinet FortiClientWindows 7.2.0
  • Fortinet FortiClientWindows 7.2.1
  • Fortinet FortiClientWindows 7.0.9
  • Fortinet FortiClientWindows 6.0
  • Fortinet FortiClientWindows 6.2
  • Fortinet FortiClientWindows 7.0.7
  • Fortinet FortiClient for Windows 6.0.4

Remediation

Refer to FortiGuard Advisory for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information.

CVE-2023-41840

CVE-2022-40681