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CVE-2019-6145

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.

CVSS 6.7 · MediumBuzz score 17.5

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 17.5

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
11.0
2 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
6.5
2 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
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Why it matters now

Mention timeline

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Evidence

Source links by recency

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2 source links · newest first
  • Security researcher Peleg Hadar of SafeBreach Labs discovered a privilege escalation flaw that impacts all versions of Forcepoint VPN Client for Windows except the latest release. Security expert Peleg Hadar of SafeBreach Labs discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-6145, that affects all versions of VPN Client for Windows except the latest release. The […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comSep 23, 2019, 7:43 AM
  • Researchers at breach and attack simulation firm SafeBreach discovered that the Forcepoint VPN Client for Windows is affected by a vulnerability that can be exploited to escalate privileges and for other purposes.

    newswww.securityweek.comSep 20, 2019, 2:56 PM

Exploit code

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