CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: the (1) mdare64_48.sys, (2) mdare32_48.sys, (3) mdare32_52.sys, (4) mdare64_52.sys, and (5) fortishield.sys drivers in fortinet forticlient before 5.2.4 do not properly restrict access to the api for management of processes and the windows registry, which allows local users to obtain a privileged handle to a pid and possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by a 0x2220c8 ioctl call.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2015-09-03
Last Modified Date: 2018-10-09