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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-20790 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.
Fixes

Solution

It is advised that all customers update their Vulnerability Scan engine to v2.00027 or later to protect against this vulnerability. In FortiClient -> About -> Engines -> Vulnerability, ensure version is 2.00027 or greater. The engine update will be pushed automatically to all FortiClients. Upgrade to FortiClient 6.0.5.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000

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Description 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. 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.
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:X/RC:X'}


Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fortinet

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-24T15:43:31.634Z

Reserved: 2018-04-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-9193

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T07:17:51.468Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-05-30T17:29:00.340

Modified: 2025-03-24T16:15:15.103

Link: CVE-2018-9193

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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