Fortinet FortiClient up to 6.0.4 on Windows Update Named Pipe privilege escalation

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Fortinet FortiClient up to 6.0.4 on Windows. Affected is a function of the component Update Handler. The manipulation as part of a Named Pipe leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 05/30/2019. The advisory is shared for download at fortiguard.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-9191 since 04/02/2018. The attack needs to be approached locally. A single authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries 135726 and 135733 are pretty similar.

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• Fortinet

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• FortiClient

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Class: Privilege escalation (CWE-264)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Remediation: 🔍Recommended: no mitigation known

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04/02/2018 CVE assigned
05/30/2019 +423 days Advisory disclosed
05/31/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
05/31/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateVendor: fortinet.com

Advisory: fortiguard.com

CVE: CVE-2018-9191 (🔒)
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Created: 05/31/2019 06:46 AM
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