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CVE-2019-16152

Published: Feb 6, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-20
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.4%
Top 30.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

A Denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux 6.2.1 and below may allow an user with low privilege to cause FortiClient processes running under root privilege crashes via sending specially crafted IPC client requests to the fctsched process due the nanomsg not been correctly validated.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

Fortinet
commercial·USaka forti net
forticlient
Security Products
Fortinet FortiClientLinux
Security Products
Fortinet Inc.
commercial·USaka fortinet
FortiClient for Linux
Security Products

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16152
nvd.nist.gov
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-238
fortiguard.com
https://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/forticlient_linux
danishcyberdefence.dk

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