CVE-2019-17658

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS Score

Published: March 12, 2020 at 09:26 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:24 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorForticlient

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Severity

CRITICAL9.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

An unquoted service path vulnerability in the FortiClient FortiTray component of FortiClientWindows v6.2.2 and prior allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges via the FortiClientConsole executable service path.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Forticlient · Forticlient

95%

v ≤ 6.2.26.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.96.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.2.2

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-281

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-281

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

9.8CRITICAL[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-428

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