CVE-2024-52968 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An improper authentication in Fortinet FortiClientMac 7.0.11 through 7.2.4 allows attacker to gain improper access to MacOS via empty password.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Fortinet	Forticlient

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient::::::macos::*
	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient::::::macos::*
	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:7.4.0:::::macos::

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References

Link	Providers
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-300

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Fortinet Fortinet forticlient
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient::::::macos::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:7.4.0:::::macos::
Vendors & Products		Fortinet Fortinet forticlient

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00043}`	epss `{'score': 0.00048}`

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		An improper authentication in Fortinet FortiClientMac 7.0.11 through 7.2.4 allows attacker to gain improper access to MacOS via empty password.
Weaknesses		CWE-287
References		https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-300
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:R'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fortinet

Published: 2025-02-11T16:09:00.587Z

Updated: 2025-02-11T16:35:11.996Z

Reserved: 2024-11-18T13:36:52.465Z

Link: CVE-2024-52968

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-02-11T16:35:05.625Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-02-11T17:15:23.400

Modified: 2025-07-16T15:15:25.343

Link: CVE-2024-52968

Redhat

No data.

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