CVE-2019-17658 Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClientWindows

What is CVE-2019-17658?

CVE-2019-17658 is a critical vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlient, published on 12 Mar 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An unquoted service path vulnerability in the FortiClient FortiTray component of FortiClientWindows v6.2.2 and prior allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges via the FortiClientConsole executable service path.

Weakness: CWE-428

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17658?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Forticlient.

How do I fix CVE-2019-17658?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-17658 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-17658 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17658 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Forticlient

• CVE-2023-45590 Code injection in FortiClientLinux Critical 9.4
• CVE-2017-14184 Information disclosure in FortiClient SSLVPN Client for Linux High 8.8
• CVE-2016-8493 Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient High 8.8
• CVE-2020-15934 Privilege escalation in FortiClientLinux High 8.6
• CVE-2019-5589 Path traversal in FortiClientWindows High 8.6

All Fortinet Forticlient vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-m95v-g4pm-pcq9.