CVE-2019-15711 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting FortiClient for Linux versions 6.2.1 and below. A low-privileged user can execute system commands with root privileges by injecting specially crafted IPC client requests into the fctsched process. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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