Vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlient
CVE-2019-15711
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (42.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Fortinet Forticlient
- Fortinet Forticlientlinux — versions FortiClientLinux 6.2.1 and below
References
- fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-238 (Vendor Advisory)
- danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/forticlient_linux (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-15711?
- CVE-2019-15711 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlient. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-02-06.
- How severe is CVE-2019-15711?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.