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4 vulnerabilities found for vpn_client by forcepoint
CVE-2025-12694 (GCVE-0-2025-12694)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-06-04 12:04 – Updated: 2026-06-04 13:21
VLAI
Title
Local Privilege Escalation in VPN Client
Summary
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Forcepoint VPN Client that allows a local non-administrative user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. This issue affects VPN Client for Windows: versions 6.11.3 and prior.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with unnecessary privileges
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forcepoint | VPN Client |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 6.11.3
(semver)
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CVE-2019-6145 (GCVE-0-2019-6145)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2019-09-20 19:56 – Updated: 2024-08-04 20:16
VLAI
Summary
Forcepoint VPN Client for Windows versions lower than 6.6.1 have an unquoted search path vulnerability. This enables local privilege escalation to SYSTEM user. By default, only local administrators can write executables to the vulnerable directories. Forcepoint thanks Peleg Hadar of SafeBreach Labs for finding this vulnerability and for reporting it to us.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- Unquoted search path vulnerability
Assigner
References
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CVE-2025-12694 (GCVE-0-2025-12694)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-04 12:04 – Updated: 2026-06-04 13:21
VLAI
Title
Local Privilege Escalation in VPN Client
Summary
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Forcepoint VPN Client that allows a local non-administrative user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. This issue affects VPN Client for Windows: versions 6.11.3 and prior.
Severity
SSVC
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Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
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Assigner
References
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CVE-2019-6145 (GCVE-0-2019-6145)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-09-20 19:56 – Updated: 2024-08-04 20:16
VLAI
Summary
Forcepoint VPN Client for Windows versions lower than 6.6.1 have an unquoted search path vulnerability. This enables local privilege escalation to SYSTEM user. By default, only local administrators can write executables to the vulnerable directories. Forcepoint thanks Peleg Hadar of SafeBreach Labs for finding this vulnerability and for reporting it to us.
Severity
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CWE
- Unquoted search path vulnerability
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
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