FKIE_CVE-2019-17650

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-11-21 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:24
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/forticlient_mac
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-210Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fortinet forticlient *
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