CVE-2023-22635 Code injection in FortiClientMac
A local attacker can escalate privileges by modifying the installer during an upgrade due to missing integrity checks in FortiClient for Mac.
- 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-2023-22635?
CVE-2023-22635 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlient, published on 11 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A download of code without Integrity check vulnerability [CWE-494] in FortiClientMac version 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, 6.4 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions, 5.6 all versions, 5.4 all versions, 5.2 all versions, 5.0 all versions and 4.0 all versions may allow a local attacker to escalate their privileges via modifying the installer upon upgrade.
Weakness: CWE-494
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22635?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fortinet Forticlient.
How do I fix CVE-2023-22635?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22635 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2023-22635 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22635 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Forticlient
- CVE-2019-17658 Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClientWindows
- CVE-2023-45590 Code injection in FortiClientLinux
- CVE-2017-14184 Information disclosure in FortiClient SSLVPN Client for Linux
- CVE-2016-8493 Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient
- CVE-2020-15934 Privilege escalation in FortiClientLinux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jcr5-fwvw-wm84.