cve-2020-9291
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-06-01 18:39
Modified
2024-10-25 14:01
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
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.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-040Broken Link
nvd@nist.govhttps://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-040Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-040Broken Link
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Fortinet Fortinet FortiClient for Windows Version: FortiClient for Windows 6.2.1 and earlier and FortiClient for Windows 6.0.9 and earlier
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