CVE-2016-8493: Fortinet FortiClient

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In FortiClientWindows 5.4.1 and 5.4.2, an attacker may escalate privilege via a FortiClientNamedPipe vulnerability.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiClient: version 5.4.1 only; version 5.4.2 only

Published 2017-06-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.