CVE-2019-16155

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.
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

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Information

Published : 2020-02-07 15:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:13


NVD link : CVE-2019-16155

Mitre link : CVE-2019-16155

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-16155


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Products Affected

fortinet

  • forticlient