Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-5585 - Unspecified vulnerability in Forticlient

047910
CVSS 6.1 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
LOW
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
forticlient
nessus

Summary

An improper access control vulnerability in FortiClientMac before 6.0.5 may allow an attacker to affect the application's performance via modifying the contents of a file used by several FortiClientMac processes.

Nessus

NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL idMACOS_FORTICLIENT_6_0_5.NASL
descriptionThe version of Fortinet FortiClient Mac running on the remote host is prior to 6.0.5. It is, therefore, affected by a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability. An improper access control vulnerability in FortiClientMac may allow an attacker to affect the application
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id124020
published2019-04-12
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124020
titleFortinet FortiClient 6.0.1 < 6.0.5 Local DoS (macOS)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(124020);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/30 13:24:46");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-5585");
  script_bugtraq_id(107693);

  script_name(english:"Fortinet FortiClient 6.0.1 < 6.0.5 Local DoS (macOS)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the version of FortiClient.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote MacOS is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Fortinet FortiClient Mac running on the remote host is
prior to 6.0.5. It is, therefore, affected by a Denial of Service (DoS)
vulnerability. An improper access control vulnerability in FortiClientMac
may allow an attacker to affect the application's performance via modifying
the content of a file used by several FortiClientMac processes.");
  # https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-003
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?87550a3c");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Fortinet FortiClient 6.0.5 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-5585");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/04/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/01/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/04/12");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:fortinet:forticlient");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("macos_forticlient_detect.nbin");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/FortiClient (macOS)", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MacOSX/Version");

  exit(0);
}

include("vcf.inc");

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/MacOSX/Version')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Mac OS X');

get_kb_item_or_exit('installed_sw/FortiClient (macOS)');
app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'FortiClient (macOS)');

constraints = [
  {'min_version' : '6.0.1', 'fixed_version' : '6.0.5'}
];

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_NOTE);