CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-57716

MediumCVSS 6.7
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

An Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability [CWE-427] in FortiClient Windows 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.0 all versions may allow a local low privileged user to perform a DLL hijacking attack via placing a malicious DLL to the FortiClient Online Installer installation folder.

Risk Assessment

A local low-privileged attacker can execute malicious code in the context of a privileged process, potentially leading to privilege escalation and system compromise.

Recommendation

Update FortiClient Windows to the latest version. Restrict permissions to the FortiClient Online Installer installation folder.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

An Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability [CWE-427] in FortiClient Windows 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.0 all versions may allow a local low privileged user to perform a DLL hijacking attack via placing a malicious DLL to the FortiClient Online Installer installation folder.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS