CVE-2018-9193

A researcher has disclosed several vulnerabilities against FortiClient for Windows version 6.0.5 and below, version 5.6.6, the combination of these vulnerabilities can turn into an exploit chain, which allows a user to gain system privileges on Microsoft Windows.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-18-108	Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-18-108	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

History

24 Mar 2025, 16:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary	~~(en) A local privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient for Windows 6.0.4 and earlier allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via the parsing of the file.~~	(en) A researcher has disclosed several vulnerabilities against FortiClient for Windows version 6.0.5 and below, version 5.6.6, the combination of these vulnerabilities can turn into an exploit chain, which allows a user to gain system privileges on Microsoft Windows.

21 Nov 2024, 04:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-18-108 - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-18-108 - Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2019-05-30 17:29

Updated : 2025-03-24 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-9193

Mitre link : CVE-2018-9193

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-9193

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fortinet

forticlient

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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