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CVE-2018-9191
A local privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient for Windows 6.0.4 and earlier allows attackers to execute unauthorized code or…
High7.8EPSS 0.34%
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- fortinet
Description
A local privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient for Windows 6.0.4 and earlier allows attackers to execute unauthorized code or commands via the named pipe responsible for Forticlient updates.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 73% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Execute unauthorized code or commands
Affected products
Fortinet · Fortinet FortiClient for Windows
- affected 6.0.4 and earlier
References (1)
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-18-108 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .