VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-8493

high
Published 2017-06-26 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
9.0
VIR risk
8.8

Description

In FortiClientWindows 5.4.1 and 5.4.2, an attacker may escalate privilege via a FortiClientNamedPipe vulnerability.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@fortinet.com — https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-16-095

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
fortinetforticlient5.4.1
fortinetforticlient5.4.2

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.