CVE-2019-16155
6.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
7.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
7.3 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
13.0%
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.
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| fortinet:forticlient | fortinet forticlient | le | 6.2.1 |
CNA Affected
[
{
"product": "Fortinet FortiClientLinux",
"vendor": "Fortinet",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "FortiClientLinux 6.2.1 and below"
}
]
}
]Related
6.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
7.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
7.3 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
13.0%