CVE-2017-7344

A privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient Windows 5.4.3 and earlier as well as 5.6.0 allows attacker to gain privilege via exploiting the Windows "security alert" dialog thereby popping up when the "VPN before logon" feature is enabled and an untrusted certificate chain.

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102176Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-070Vendor Advisory
• https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102176Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-070Vendor Advisory
• https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory

Published

Dec 14, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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