CVE-2019-16155 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2019-16155 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 07/02/2020 | CVE Updated: 25/10/2024 | CVE Year: 2019
Source: fortinet | Vendor: Fortinet | Product: Fortinet FortiClientLinux
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2019-16155 Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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    User Interaction (UI)*
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    Integrity Impact (I)*
    Availability Impact (A)*

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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CWE Name: Escalation of privilege
Source: Fortinet

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).