CVE-2019-15711 (GCVE-0-2019-15711)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-06 15:10 – Updated: 2024-10-25 14:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux 6.2.1 and below may allow an user with low privilege to run system commands under root privilege via injecting specially crafted "ExportLogs" type IPC client requests to the fctsched process.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-24 20:03 UTC
CWE
- Escalation of privilege
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-238 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/forticlient_linux | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet | Fortinet FortiClientLinux |
Affected:
FortiClientLinux 6.2.1 and below
|
guessed |
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