CVE-2025-25251

highpriority · track · 31OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.002 · 10 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.20% (10th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An Incorrect Authorization vulnerability [CWE-863] in FortiClient Mac 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.8, 7.0.0 through 7.0.14 may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges via crafted XPC messages.

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

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

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · psirt@fortinet.comexploitability 1.8 · 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)

ssvc

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

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

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-863USCWE-863US

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Fortinet FortiClient Mac 7.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:fortinet:forticlient:mac_7.0
Fortinet FortiClient Mac <7.2.9all versionscert_bundDE
Fortinet FortiClient Mac <7.4.3all versionscert_bundDE
Fortinet FortiClient≤ Mac <7.2.9cert_bundDE
Fortinet FortiClient≤ Mac <7.4.3cert_bundDE
Fortinet FortiClientMac≤ 7.4.0 ≤7.4.2enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet FortiClientMac≤ 7.0.0 ≤7.0.14enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet FortiClientMac≤ 7.2.0 ≤7.2.8enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet Inc. FortiClientMac7.0.0 → 7.0.14fstec_bduRU
Fortinet Inc. FortiClientMac7.2.0 → 7.2.8fstec_bduRU
Fortinet Inc. FortiClientMac7.4.0 → 7.4.2fstec_bduRU
fortinet forticlient7.0.0 → 7.2.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet forticlient7.4.0 → 7.4.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-1021Fortinet FortiClient Mac, Windows, EMS und FortiVoice: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-05-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Fortinet FortiClient und Fortinet FortiVoice ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, erhöhte Rechte zu erlangen, Daten zu manipulieren und vertrauliche Informationen preiszugeben.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-05-28modified 2026-06-17

references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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