CVE-2019-17652

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-17652
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-06 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-02-12 18:36:00 UTC
DescriptionA stack buffer overflow vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux 6.2.1 and below may allow a user with low privilege to cause FortiClient processes running under root priviledge crashes via sending specially crafted "StartAvCustomScan" type IPC client requests to the fctsched process due the argv data not been well sanitized.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fortinet Forticlient All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Multiple privilege escalations in FortiClient for Linux | Danish Cyber Defence MISC danishcyberdefence.dk Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Privilege escalation and DoS in FortiClient for Linux through local IPC socket | FortiGuard CONFIRM fortiguard.com Vendor Advisory
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