CVE-2019-6145 (GCVE-0-2019-6145)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-09-20 19:56
Modified
2024-08-04 20:16
Severity ?
CWE
  • Unquoted search path vulnerability
Summary
Forcepoint VPN Client for Windows versions lower than 6.6.1 have an unquoted search path vulnerability. This enables local privilege escalation to SYSTEM user. By default, only local administrators can write executables to the vulnerable directories. Forcepoint thanks Peleg Hadar of SafeBreach Labs for finding this vulnerability and for reporting it to us.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Forcepoint Forcepoint VPN Client for Windows Version: versions earlier than 6.6.1
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