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Fortinet FortiClient: CVE-2021-43204: Denial of service due to folder access permission change

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Dec 7, 2021
Added
Jun 25, 2025
Modified
Nov 10, 2025

Description

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.

Solution

fortinet-forticlient-upgrade-latest
Title
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