CVE-2020-9291

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

An Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in FortiClient for Windows 6.2.1 and below may allow a local user to gain elevated privileges via exhausting the pool of temporary file names combined with a symbolic link attack.

Una Vulnerabilidad de Archivos Temporales No Seguros en FortiClient para Windows versiones 6.2.1 y posteriores, puede permitir a un usuario local alcanzar privilegios elevados por medio del agotamiento del conjunto de nombres de archivos temporales combinado con un ataque de enlace simbólico.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-02-19 CVE Reserved
2020-06-01 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-10-25 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-040	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-040	2021-04-20

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"				<= 6.0.9 Search vendor "Fortinet" for product "Forticlient" and version " <= 6.0.9"		windows		Affected
Fortinet Search vendor "Fortinet"		Forticlient Search vendor "Fortinet" for product "Forticlient"				>= 6.2.0 <= 6.2.1 Search vendor "Fortinet" for product "Forticlient" and version " >= 6.2.0 <= 6.2.1"		windows		Affected