CVE-2019-16152

A Denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux 6.2.1 and below may allow an user with low privilege to cause FortiClient processes running under root privilege crashes via sending specially crafted IPC client requests to the fctsched process due the nanomsg not been correctly validated.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-02-06 16:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:13

NVD link : CVE-2019-16152

Mitre link : CVE-2019-16152

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-16152

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fortinet

forticlient

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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