vulnerability
Fortinet FortiClient: CVE-2025-24473: Index of FCT installation directory publicly accessible
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | May 13, 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
May 13, 2025
Added
Jun 25, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
An Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere vulnerability [CWE-497] in FortiClientWindows may allow an unauthorized remote attacker to view application information via navigation to a hosted webpage, if Windows is configured to accept incoming connections to port 8053 (non-default setup)
Solution
fortinet-forticlient-upgrade-latest
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-24473
- https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2025-24473
- https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-548
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-16318
- CVE-2025-24473
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-24473
- CWE-497
- EUVD-EUVD-2025-16318
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