Fortinet FortiClient up to 6.0.4 on Windows File Parser access control

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A vulnerability has been found in Fortinet FortiClient up to 6.0.4 on Windows and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A local privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient for Windows 6.0.4 and earlier allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via the parsing of the file.

The weakness was presented 05/30/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at fortiguard.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-9193 since 04/02/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See 135726 and 135732 for similar entries.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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04/02/2018 🔍
05/30/2019 +423 days 🔍
05/31/2019 +1 days 🔍
06/17/2020 +383 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: fortinet.com

Advisory: fortiguard.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-9193 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/31/2019 06:48
Updated: 06/17/2020 11:20
Changes: 05/31/2019 06:48 (56), 06/17/2020 11:20 (1)
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