FortiClient Windows Privilege Escalation via Lua Auto Patch Scripts
CVE-2024-36513 Published on November 12, 2024

A privilege context switching error vulnerability [CWE-270] in FortiClient Windows version 7.2.4 and below, version 7.0.12 and below, 6.4 all versions may allow an authenticated user to escalate their privileges via lua auto patch scripts.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2024-36513 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Privilege Context Switching Error

The software does not properly manage privileges while it is switching between different contexts that have different privileges or spheres of control.


Products Associated with CVE-2024-36513

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Affected Versions

Fortinet FortiClientWindows: fortinet forticlientwindows:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.12%
Percentile
31.59%

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