Fortinet FortiClientWindows up to 7.0.12/7.2.4/7.4.0 untrusted search path

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiClientWindows up to 7.0.12/7.2.4/7.4.0. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in untrusted search path. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-36507. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Fortinet FortiClientWindows up to 7.0.12/7.2.4/7.4.0. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A untrusted search path in Fortinet FortiClientWindows versions 7.4.0, versions 7.2.4 through 7.2.0, versions 7.0.12 through 7.0.0 allows an attacker to run arbitrary code via DLL hijacking and social engineering.

The advisory is shared for download at fortiguard.fortinet.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-36507 since 05/29/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210877 (Fortinet FortiClient Online Installer DLL Hijacking (FG-IR-24-205)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (210877). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Fortinet

Name

• FortiClientWindows

Version

• 7.0
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8
• 7.0.9
• 7.0.10
• 7.0.11
• 7.0.12
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.4
• 7.3
• 7.4.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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