CVE-2020-9290High· 7.3▾ TwilightA untrusted search path vulnerability in Fortinet may allow attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via network exploitable
▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw
impact 40.2 · likelihood 0.2 · exploitation 0
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Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA's ADP record at CVE.org: whether exploitation is observed, whether an attack can be automated, and how much of the system is at stake.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Oct 13.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.6%
0.6% → 0.9%
A untrusted search path vulnerability in Fortinet may allow attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via network exploitable
forticlient <= 6.2.3forticlient_virtual_private_network <= 6.2.3Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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