CVE-2019-16152 describes a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux versions 6.2.1 and below. An authenticated, low-privileged user can crash FortiClient processes running as root by sending malformed IPC requests to the fctsched process, due to insufficient validation of nanomsg data. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and requiring low privileges, leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| 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:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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