CVE-2025-57716

highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.002 · 7 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.18% (7th) EPSS

CVSS 7.3 · high

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability [CWE-427] in FortiClient Windows 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.0 all versions may allow a local low privileged user to perform a DLL hijacking attack via placing a malicious DLL to the FortiClient Online Installer installation folder.

cvss

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

7.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6–7.3

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.3 · impact 5.9

v3.17.3highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · psirt@fortinet.comexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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-427USCWE-427US

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Fortinet FortiClient <7.2.12all versionscert_bundDE
Fortinet FortiClient <7.4.4all versionscert_bundDE
Fortinet FortiClient< 7.2.12cert_bundDE
Fortinet FortiClient< 7.4.4cert_bundDE
Fortinet FortiClientWindows≤ 7.2.0 ≤7.2.11enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet FortiClientWindows≤ 7.0.0 ≤7.0.14enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet FortiClientWindows≤ 7.4.0 ≤7.4.3enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet Inc. FortiClient Windows≤ 7.0fstec_bduRU
Fortinet Inc. FortiClient Windows7.2.0 → 7.2.11fstec_bduRU
Fortinet Inc. FortiClient Windows7.4.0 → 7.4.3fstec_bduRU
fortinet forticlient7.0.0 → 7.2.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet forticlient7.4.0 → 7.4.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-2287Fortinet FortiClient: Schwachstelle ermöglicht CodeausführungDeutsch2025-10-14csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Fortinet FortiClient ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.

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 2025-10-14modified 2026-06-17

references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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