FortiClient MacOS Improper Sig Verif CVE202546774 7.4.2/7.2.9 Escalates Privs
CVE-2025-46774 Published on October 14, 2025
An Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability [CWE-347] in FortiClient MacOS installer version 7.4.2 and below, version 7.2.9 and below, 7.0 all versions may allow a local user to escalate their privileges via FortiClient related executables.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-46774 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
The software does not verify, or incorrectly verifies, the cryptographic signature for data.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-46774
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Affected Versions
Fortinet FortiClientMac:- Version 7.4.0, <= 7.4.2 is affected.
- Version 7.2.0, <= 7.2.9 is affected.
- Version 7.0.0, <= 7.0.14 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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