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CVE-2019-6145

23
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:vpn_client:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0066 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

help.forcepoint.com / security/CVE/CVE-2019-6145.html
Vendor Advisory
safebreach.com / Post/Forcepoint-VPN-Client-for-Windows-Unquoted-Search-Path-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-6145
ExploitThird Party Advisory