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FKIE_CVE-2019-5589

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-05-28 22:29 - Updated: 2026-10-13 18:17

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

A untrusted search path vulnerability in Fortinet may allow attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via network exploitable

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@fortinet.com	https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-060
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-060	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	fortinet	forticlient	*

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CVE-2019-5589 (GCVE-0-2019-5589)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-05-28 21:42 – Updated: 2024-10-25 14:30

Summary

An Unsafe Search Path vulnerability in FortiClient Online Installer (Windows version before 6.0.6) may allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker with control over the directory in which FortiClientOnlineInstaller.exe resides to execute arbitrary code on the system via uploading malicious .dll files in that directory.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-24 20:03 UTC

CWE

Unauthorized code execution

Assigner

fortinet mitre root Scorecard

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-060	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Fortinet	Fortinet FortiClient for Windows	Affected: FortiClient for Windows version below 6.0.6

Date Public

2019-05-16 00:00

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