CVE Vulnerability

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.

6.6 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 9.2

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

7.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-238 Vendor Advisory
https://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/forticlient_linux Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-02-07 03:15

Updated : 2020-08-24 05:37

NVD link : CVE-2019-16155

Mitre link : CVE-2019-16155

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo