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CVE-2016-8493
published 2017-06-26

CVE-2016-8493: In FortiClientWindows 5.4.1 and 5.4.2, an attacker may escalate privilege via a FortiClientNamedPipe vulnerability.

PriorityP346high8.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.82%
76.3th percentile
In FortiClientWindows 5.4.1 and 5.4.2, an attacker may escalate privilege via a FortiClientNamedPipe vulnerability.

Affected

6 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
fortinetforticlient
fortinetforticlient
fortinetforticlient
fortinetforticlientnamedpipe
fortinetforticlientwindows
fortinetfortinet_forticlient

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.08.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.09.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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