Fortinet FortiClientLinux up to 6.0.8/6.2.7/6.4.0 VCM Engine privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiClientLinux up to 6.0.8/6.2.7/6.4.0. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component VCM Engine. This manipulation causes privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-15934. The attack needs to be done within the local network. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiClientLinux up to 6.0.8/6.2.7/6.4.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component VCM Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability in the VCM engine of FortiClient for Linux versions 6.2.7 and below, version 6.4.0. may allow local users to elevate their privileges to root by creating a malicious script or program on the target machine.

It is possible to read the advisory at fortiguard.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-15934 since 07/24/2020. The exploitation appears to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Fortinet

Name

• FortiClientLinux

Version

• 6.0
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6
• 6.0.7
• 6.0.8
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6
• 6.2.7
• 6.3
• 6.4.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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