High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 18, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-41031
CVE-2021-41031
Description
A relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] in FortiClient for Windows versions 7.0.2 and prior, 6.4.6 and prior and 6.2.9 and below may allow a local unprivileged attacker to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM via the named pipe responsible for FortiESNAC service.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*range: >=6.2.0,<=6.2.9
- (no CPE)range: <=7.0.2, <=6.4.6, <=6.2.9
- (no CPE)range: FortiClientWindows 7.0.2, 7.0.1, 7.0.0, 6.4.6, 6.4.5, 6.4.4, 6.4.3, 6.4.2, 6.4.1, 6.4.0, 6.2.9, 6.2.8, 6.2.7, 6.2.6, 6.2.5, 6.2.4, 6.2.3, 6.2.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-190nvdBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
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