CVE-2021-36183

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 26 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.33% (26th) EPSS
CVSS 7.2 · high
Is it mine?
3 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

An improper authorization vulnerability [CWE-285] in FortiClient for Windows versions 7.0.1 and below and 6.4.2 and below may allow a local unprivileged attacker to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM via the named pipe responsible for Forticlient updates.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:Xsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · psirt@fortinet.comexploitability 1.4 · impact 5.9
v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

No weakness (CWE) mapping recorded.

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affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.org
published 2021-11-02modified 2026-06-17
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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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