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Fortinet FortiClient Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA28975
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Release Date:
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2008-02-14
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Last Update:
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2008-02-15
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Popularity:
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3,596 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Fortinet FortiClient 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-0779
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Description:
Ruben Santamarta has reported a vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClient, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the fortimon.sys filter driver and can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges via a specially crafted request to the device driver.
The vulnerability affects versions 3.0 MR5 Patch3 and prior.
Solution:
Update to version 3.0 MR5 Patch 4 or version 3.0 MR6.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Ruben Santamarta, Reverse Mode
Changelog:
2008-02-15: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
Fortinet:
http://kc.forticare.com/default.asp?id=3618
Reverse Mode:
http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?...p;action=view&id=47&Itemid=15
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