CVE-2020-15934
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-12-19 10:57
Modified
2024-12-20 17:23
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F
Summary
An execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability in the VCM engine of FortiClient for Linux versions 6.2.7 and below, version 6.4.0. may allow local users to elevate their privileges to root by creating a malicious script or program on the target machine.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-110Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Fortinet FortiClientLinux Version: 6.4.0
Version: 6.2.6   ≤ 6.2.7
Version: 6.2.0   ≤ 6.2.4
Version: 6.0.8
Version: 6.0.0   ≤ 6.0.6
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