>> Fortinet FortiClient "fortimon.sys" Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Title : Fortinet FortiClient "fortimon.sys" Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0541 CVE ID : CVE-2008-0779
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-02-14
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Fortinet FortiClient, which could be exploited by local attackers to obtain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by errors in the "fortimon.sys" driver when processing user-supplied data, which could be exploited by non-privileged users to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges via a specially crafted request.
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