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ghsa-wrhm-j3m8-m326

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-24 17:08

Modified

2022-05-24 17:08

Details

A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux 6.2.1 and below may allow a user with low privilege to overwrite system files as root with arbitrary content through system backup file via specially crafted "BackupConfig" type IPC client requests to the fctsched process. Further more, FortiClient for Linux 6.2.2 and below allow low privilege user write the system backup file under root privilege through GUI thus can cause root system file overwrite.

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CVE-2019-16155 (GCVE-0-2019-16155)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2020-02-07 14:47

Modified

2024-10-25 14:03

Severity ?

CWE

Escalation of privilege

Summary

A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux 6.2.1 and below may allow a user with low privilege to overwrite system files as root with arbitrary content through system backup file via specially crafted "BackupConfig" type IPC client requests to the fctsched process. Further more, FortiClient for Linux 6.2.2 and below allow low privilege user write the system backup file under root privilege through GUI thus can cause root system file overwrite.

References

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URL

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	https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-238	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/forticlient_linux	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Fortinet	Fortinet FortiClientLinux	Version: FortiClientLinux 6.2.1 and below

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