Vulnerability Details : CVE-2019-15711
Potential exploit
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.
Vulnerability category: Gain privilege
Products affected by CVE-2019-15711
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-15711
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 11 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2019-15711
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7.2
|
HIGH | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
3.9
|
10.0
|
NIST | |
|
7.8
|
HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
1.8
|
5.9
|
NIST |
References for CVE-2019-15711
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https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-238
Privilege escalation and DoS in FortiClient for Linux through local IPC socket | FortiGuardVendor Advisory
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https://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/forticlient_linux
Multiple privilege escalations in FortiClient for Linux | Danish Cyber DefenceExploit;Third Party Advisory
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