cve-2019-17650
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-11-21 15:03
Modified
2024-10-25 14:27
Severity ?
Summary
An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command vulnerability in one of FortiClient for Mac OS root processes, may allow a local user of the system on which FortiClient is running to execute unauthorized code as root by bypassing a security check.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/forticlient_mac
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-210Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
FortinetFortiClient for Mac OS
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