CVE-2023-41840 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A untrusted search path vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientWindows 7.0.9 allows an attacker to perform a DLL Hijack attack via a malicious OpenSSL engine library in the search path.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00066.

Exploitation None

Automatable No

Technical Impact Total

Vendors	Products
Fortinet	Forticlient

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:7.0.9:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:7.2.0:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:7.2.1:::::windows::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-46331	A untrusted search path vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientWindows 7.0.9 allows an attacker to perform a DLL Hijack attack via a malicious OpenSSL engine library in the search path.

Fixes

Solution

Please upgrade to FortiClientWindows version 7.2.2 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientWindows version 7.0.10 or above

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-274

History

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'No', 'Exploitation': 'None', 'Technical Impact': 'Total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fortinet

Published: 2023-11-14T18:04:55.737Z

Updated: 2024-10-22T20:54:04.281Z

Reserved: 2023-09-04T08:12:52.814Z

Link: CVE-2023-41840

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:09:49.203Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-14T18:15:53.240

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:21:46.637

Link: CVE-2023-41840

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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