01 Record
CVE-2009-1262
Format string vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClient 3.0.614, and possibly earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the VPN connection name.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClient 3.0.614, and possibly earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the VPN connection name.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 39.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-04-07 23:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 05:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-04-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e72f993654cdd73f9ad247c552df860cb7da3a8e0943602421fa7cde7e912176
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20090410 Re: Layered Defense Research Advisory: Format String Vulnerability: FortiClient Version 3http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502602/100/0/threaded
- www.layereddefense.comhttp://www.layereddefense.com/FortiClient02Apr.html
- secunia.com34524http://secunia.com/advisories/34524
- www.securityfocus.com34343http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34343
- osvdb.org53266http://osvdb.org/53266
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-0941http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0941
- www.securitytracker.com1021966http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021966
- lists.grok.org.uk20090402 Layered Defense Research Advisory: Format String Vulnerability: FortiClient Version 3http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2009-April/068583.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comforticlient-vpn-format-string(49633)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49633
- www.securityfocus.com20090402 Layered Defense Research Advisory: Format String Vulnerability: FortiClient Version 3http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502354/100/0/threaded