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CVE-2024-36513: fortinet forticlient Privilege Context Switching Error

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 12-11-2024Last modified 12-11-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-36513 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Privilege Context Switching Error vulnerability in fortinet forticlient. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-11-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 12-11-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A privilege context switching error vulnerability [CWE-270] in FortiClient Windows version 7.2.4 and below, version 7.0.12 and below, 6.4 all versions may allow an authenticated user to escalate their privileges via lua auto patch scripts.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Fortinet2 products
  • forticlient≥ 6.4.0, ≤ 6.4.10 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.13 | ≥ 7.2.0, < 7.2.5
  • forticlientwindows≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.4 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.12 | ≥ 6.4.0, ≤ 6.4.10

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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