CVE-2019-16155

Severity Score

7.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios en FortiClient para Linux versiones 6.2.1 y posteriores, puede permitir a un usuario con privilegios bajos sobrescribir los archivos del sistema como root con contenido arbitrario por medio del archivo de copia de seguridad del sistema mediante peticiones de cliente IPC tipo "BackupConfig" especialmente diseñadas para el proceso fctsched. Además, FortiClient para Linux versiones 6.2.2 y posteriores, permiten a usuarios con pocos privilegios escribir el archivo de copia de seguridad del sistema con privilegios root por medio de la GUI, por lo que pueden causar una sobrescritura del archivo del sistema root.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-09-09 CVE Reserved
2020-02-07 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-10-25 CVE Updated
2024-10-25 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/forticlient_linux	2024-10-25

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-238	2020-08-24

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Fortinet Search vendor "Fortinet"		Forticlient Search vendor "Fortinet" for product "Forticlient"				<= 6.2.1 Search vendor "Fortinet" for product "Forticlient" and version " <= 6.2.1"		linux		Affected