Privilege Escalation via Windows Security Alert Dialog in Fortinet FortiClient

CVE-2017-7344 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:H/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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