CVE-2019-6145 describes an unquoted search path vulnerability in Forcepoint VPN Client for Windows versions prior to 6.6.1. This flaw allows for local privilege escalation, enabling an attacker to gain SYSTEM-level access. While the vulnerability requires administrative privileges to write executables to the affected directories, its successful exploitation could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:vpn_client:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.