CVE-2021-32592

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An unsafe search path vulnerability in FortiClientWindows 7.0.0, 6.4.6 and below, 6.2.x, 6.0.x and FortiClientEMS 7.0.0, 6.4.6 and below, 6.2.x, 6.0.x may allow an attacker to perform a DLL Hijack attack on affected devices via a malicious OpenSSL engine library in the search path.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-427

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Fortinet	Fortinet FortiClientWindows, FortiClientEMS	FortiClientWindows 7.0.0, 6.4.6 and below, 6.2.x, 6.0.x; FortiClientEMS 7.0.0, 6.4.6 and below, 6.2.x, 6.0.x

References

https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-088Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-088Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 1, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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