{"id":"CVE-2020-15934","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-15934","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:28:52.849Z","title":"An execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability in the VCM engine of FortiClient for Linux versions 6.2.7 and below, version 6.4.0. may allow local users to elevate their privileges to root by creating a malicious script or program on the target…","description":"An execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability in the VCM engine of FortiClient for Linux versions 6.2.7 and below, version 6.4.0. may allow local users to elevate their privileges to root by creating a malicious script or program on the target machine.","published":"2024-12-19T11:15:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:57:26.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@fortinet.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":["fortinet/forticlient"],"epss":{"score":0.00226,"percentile":0.13151,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-110","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@fortinet.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15934","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}