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.

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.

EPSS: 0.005 (41.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Fortinet Forticlient
Fortinet Forticlientlinux — versions FortiClientLinux 6.2.1 and below

References

psirt@fortinet.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@fortinet.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

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.