CVE-2020-9287
An Unsafe Search Path vulnerability in FortiClient EMS online installer 6.2.1 and below may allow...
A untrusted search path vulnerability in Fortinet may allow attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via network exploitable
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
A untrusted search path vulnerability in Fortinet may allow attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via network exploitable
- Record
CVE-2020-9287- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-30113
A untrusted search path vulnerability in Fortinet may allow attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via network exploitable
- Record
EUVD-2020-30113- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jf9v-69vw-p2r3
An Unsafe Search Path vulnerability in FortiClient EMS online installer 6.2.1 and below may allow...
An Unsafe Search Path vulnerability in FortiClient EMS online installer 6.2.1 and below may allow a local attacker with control over the directory in which FortiClientEMSOnlineInstaller.exe resides to execute arbitrary code on the system via uploading malicious Filter Library DLL files in that directory.
- Record
GHSA-jf9v-69vw-p2r3- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-426, CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A untrusted search path vulnerability in Fortinet may allow attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via network exploitable
- Record
CVE-2020-9287- CVSS 3.1
- 7.7 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-426, CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-9287 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Fortinet Forticlient Emergency Management Server, published March 15, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.