CVE-2019-6145

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 Medium 6.7
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-6145
  • Assigner
  • psirt@forcepoint.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-09-20T20:15:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-04-18T16:15:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-428 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/428.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:vpn_client:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 1 OR 6.6.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.7
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://safebreach.com/Post/Forcepoint-VPN-Client-for-Windows-Unquoted-Search-Path-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-6145 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://help.forcepoint.com/security/CVE/CVE-2019-6145.html Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6145
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-6145
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 15:42:05 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 03:01:24 2019-09-20T20:15Z 2019-09-20T20:15:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 03:01:24 2022-04-18T16:15:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 03:01:24 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated