CVE-2020-15934

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 13 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.23% (13th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability in the VCM engine of FortiClient for Linux versions 6.2.7 and below, version 6.4.0. may allow local users to elevate their privileges to root by creating a malicious script or program on the target machine.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highAV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:Xsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · psirt@fortinet.comexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USCWE-269US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Fortinet FortiClientLinux≤ 6.0.0 ≤6.0.6enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet FortiClientLinux≤ 6.0.8enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet FortiClientLinux≤ 6.2.6 ≤6.2.7enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet FortiClientLinux≤ 6.4.0enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet FortiClientLinux≤ 6.2.0 ≤6.2.4enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet Inc. FortiClient≤ 6.4.1fstec_bduRU
Fortinet Inc. FortiClient≤ 6.2.8fstec_bduRU
fortinet forticlient6.0.0 → 6.2.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet forticlient= 6.4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-12-19modified 2026-06-17

references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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