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CVE-2020-15934: fortinet forticlient Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 8.6v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 19-12-2024Last modified 20-12-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-15934 is a high (CVSS 8.6) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in fortinet forticlient. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.6/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.23%
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. 19-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 20-12-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.23% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.23%

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

Affected systems

Fortinet2 products
  • forticlient≥ 6.0.0, < 6.2.8 | 6.4.0
  • forticlientlinux6.4.0 | ≥ 6.2.6, ≤ 6.2.7 | ≥ 6.2.0, ≤ 6.2.4 | 6.0.8 | ≥ 6.0.0, ≤ 6.0.6

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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