CVE-2021-42754

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2021-42754 · Published 02/11/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-42754 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting forticlient (fortinet).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.43%, higher than 37.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
forticlient fortinet	`= 7.0.0≥ 6.4.0, ≤ 6.4.5`	No fix yet

Description

An improper control of generation of code vulnerability [CWE-94] in FortiClientMacOS versions 7.0.0 and below and 6.4.5 and below may allow an authenticated attacker to hijack the MacOS camera without the user permission via the malicious dylib file.

References

fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-079 · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

forticlient

fortinet

= 7.0.0≥ 6.4.0, ≤ 6.4.5

No fix yet

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