cve-2021-26089
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-07-12 12:48
Modified
2024-10-25 13:56
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An improper symlink following in FortiClient for Mac 6.4.3 and below may allow an non-privileged user to execute arbitrary privileged shell commands during installation phase.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-022Vendor Advisory
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-078/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-022Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-078/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Fortinet Fortinet FortiClientMac Version: FortiClientMac 6.4.3 and below
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