vulnerability
Fortinet FortiClient: CVE-2021-41031: Privilege Escalation via directory traversal attack
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jul 5, 2022 | Jun 25, 2025 | Nov 10, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 5, 2022
Added
Jun 25, 2025
Modified
Nov 10, 2025
Description
A relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] in FortiClient for Windows may allow a local unprivileged attacker to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM via the named pipe responsible for FortiESNAC service.
Solution
fortinet-forticlient-upgrade-latest
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