CVE-2020-9287

Summary

CVECVE-2020-9287
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerfortinet
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-15 22:15:15 UTC
Updated2026-10-13 18:17:11 UTC
DescriptionA untrusted search path vulnerability in Fortinet may allow attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via network exploitable

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.004170000 probability, percentile 0.357600000 (date 2026-10-26)

Problem Types: CWE-426 | CWE-427 | CWE-426 Execute unauthorized code or commands


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.7HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
2.0[email protected]Primary6.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fortinet Forticlient Emergency Management Server All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Fortinet FortiClientEMS affected 06.02.00 06.02.01 semver Not specified
CNA Fortinet FortiClientEMS affected 6.0.8 Not specified
CNA Fortinet FortiClientEMS affected 06.00.00 06.00.06 semver Not specified
CNA Fortinet FortiClientEMS affected 6.0.0 6.0.* semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FortiClient installer DLL Hijacking Vulnerability | FortiGuard af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fortiguard.com Vendor Advisory
fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-060 [email protected] fortiguard.fortinet.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: CVE-2019-5589: Use FortiClient for Windows online installer 6.0.6 or above CVE-2020-9290: Use FortiClient for Windows online installer 6.4.7 or above, 7.0.1 or above, and FortiClient VPN for Windows online installer 6.4.7 or above, 7.0.1 or above CVE-2020-9287: Use FortiClient EMS online installer 6.2.9 or above, 6.4.7 or above, 7.0.1 or above. Revision History: 05-16-2019 Initial version 3-09-2020 add CVE-2020-9290 and CVE-2020-9287 13-9-2021 modified CVE-2020-9290 8-11-2021 add CVE-2020-9290 and CVE-2020-9287

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