CVE-2015-5737 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can exploit improper driver access restrictions in FortiClient to obtain privileged handles and escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-5737?
CVE-2015-5737 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlient, published on 3 Sep 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The (1) mdare64_48.sys, (2) mdare32_48.sys, (3) mdare32_52.sys, (4) mdare64_52.sys, and (5) Fortishield.sys drivers in Fortinet FortiClient before 5.2.4 do not properly restrict access to the API for management of processes and the Windows registry, which allows local users to obtain a privileged handle to a PID and possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by a 0x2220c8 ioctl call.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5737?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fortinet Forticlient.
How do I fix CVE-2015-5737?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-5737 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-5737 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5737 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-2v8h-q33q-c9qj.