{"id":"CVE-2017-7344","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-7344","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:47:55.188Z","title":"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…","description":"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.","published":"2017-12-14T18:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:24:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@fortinet.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["fortinet/forticlient"],"epss":{"score":0.0185,"percentile":0.78999,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.85%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102176","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@fortinet.com"},{"url":"https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-070","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@fortinet.com"},{"url":"https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/","tags":["Exploit","Mitigation","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@fortinet.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102176","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-070","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://securite.intrinsec.com/2017/12/22/cve-2017-7344-fortinet-forticlient-windows-privilege-escalation-at-logon/","tags":["Exploit","Mitigation","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7344","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}