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    CVE-2019-16155

    A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux 6.2.1 and below may allow a user with low privilege to overwrite system files as root with arbitrary content through system backup file via specially crafted "BackupConfig" type IPC client requests to the fctsched process. Further more, FortiClient for Linux 6.2.2 and below allow low privilege user write the system backup file under root privilege through GUI thus can cause root system file overwrite.

    Published:Feb 7, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Feb 7, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.00044
    CVSS Score:7.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fortinet
    Product
    Forticlient

    Exploits

    https://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/forticlient_linuxhttps://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/forticlient_linux

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High