CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-15934
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-12-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• fortinet forticlient (>= 6.0.0 < 6.2.8)
• fortinet forticlient 6.4.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-110 Vendor Advisory