CVE-2022-43946 describes multiple vulnerabilities, including an incorrect permission assignment and a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition, affecting Fortinet FortiClientWindows versions prior to 7.0.7. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) allows unauthenticated attackers on the same file sharing network to achieve remote code execution by manipulating Windows pipes. While the potential impact is significant, leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or notable community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.0.0, < 7.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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