Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Fortinet FortiClient for Windows - CVE-2019-16155
Published: November 18, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22810
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16155
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper permission checks. A remote authenticated attacker can escalate privileges on the system with running FortiClient for Linux through IPC socket by backup file.
Affected software
Fortinet FortiClient for Windows
How to mitigate CVE-2019-16155
Install updates from vendor's website.
Fortinet FortiClient for Windows - update to 6.2.2