7.8

CVE-2018-9193: fortinet forticlient

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
Published 30-05-2019Last modified 24-03-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-9193 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in fortinet forticlient. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.38%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 30-05-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 24-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A researcher has disclosed several vulnerabilities against FortiClient for Windows version 6.0.5 and below, version 5.6.6, the combination of these vulnerabilities can turn into an exploit chain, which allows a user to gain system privileges on Microsoft Windows.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

31%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.38% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.38%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Fortinet2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

1 links