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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.52% probability · 43th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- fortinet/forticlient
- Source
- psirt@fortinet.com
References
- https://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/forticlient_linuxExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-238Vendor Advisory
- https://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/forticlient_linuxExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-238Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.