High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 6, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-15711
CVE-2019-15711
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux 6.2.1 and below may allow an user with low privilege to run system commands under root privilege via injecting specially crafted "ExportLogs" type IPC client requests to the fctsched process.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*range: <=6.2.1
- (no CPE)range: <=6.2.1
- (no CPE)range: FortiClientLinux 6.2.1 and below
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/forticlient_linuxnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-238nvdVendor Advisory
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