P4Verified

CVE-2025-57716: forticlient from 7.0.0 (inclusive), before 7.2.12 (exclusive), from 7.4.0 (inclusive), before 7.4.4 (exclusive); +1…

CVE-2025-57716. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.3 (HIGH, NVD). EPSS 0.00176 (percentile 0.06573), scored 2026-10-06.

Affected technology

forticlient · from 7.0.0 (inclusive), before 7.2.12 (exclusive)
fortinet

forticlient · from 7.4.0 (inclusive), before 7.4.4 (exclusive)
fortinet

FortiClientWindows · 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.0.0 through 7.0.14
Fortinet

Description’s affected range: through 7.4.3, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.0 all versions may

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · User interaction required

Attack conditions (NVD, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · User interaction required

What an attacker can do

A local low privileged user may perform a DLL hijacking attack via placing a malicious DLL to the FortiClient Online Installer installation folder. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 6.7/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. NVD’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.3/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.

Published 2026-10-08 17:34:55.053761+00:00

CWE: CWE-427
CCR priority: 29.2 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 7.3 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · NVD
EPSS: 0.00176 · percentile 0.06606 · 2026-10-08
KEV: no

Provenance

FIRST EPSS daily exploit-probability · Source record · observed 2026-10-08 17:36:22.845483+00:00 UTC
NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-08 17:32:11.049884+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-57716.html