CVE-2019-15711 Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClientLinux
Low-privilege users can escalate to root by injecting crafted IPC requests to the fctsched process in FortiClient for Linux.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-15711?
CVE-2019-15711 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlient, published on 6 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux 6.2.1 and below may allow an user with low privilege to run system commands under root privilege via injecting specially crafted "ExportLogs" type IPC client requests to the fctsched process.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15711?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fortinet Forticlient.
How do I fix CVE-2019-15711?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15711 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-15711 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15711 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Forticlient
- CVE-2019-17658 Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClientWindows
- CVE-2023-45590 Code injection in FortiClientLinux
- CVE-2017-14184 Information disclosure in FortiClient SSLVPN Client for Linux
- CVE-2016-8493 Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient
- CVE-2020-15934 Privilege escalation in FortiClientLinux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6575-cx73-cx56.