CVE-2020-9290
An Unsafe Search Path vulnerability in FortiClient for Windows online installer 6.2.3 and below...
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
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
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-2020-9290- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:F/RL:O/RC:X - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-30116
A untrusted search path vulnerability in Fortinet may allow attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via network exploitable
- Record
EUVD-2020-30116- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:F/RL:O/RC:X - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9wx5-hqr2-rqpp
An Unsafe Search Path vulnerability in FortiClient for Windows online installer 6.2.3 and below...
An Unsafe Search Path vulnerability in FortiClient for Windows online installer 6.2.3 and below may allow a local attacker with control over the directory in which FortiClientOnlineInstaller.exe and FortiClientVPNOnlineInstaller.exe resides to execute arbitrary code on the system via uploading malicious Filter Library DLL files in that directory.
- Record
GHSA-9wx5-hqr2-rqpp- 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-2020-9290- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - 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-2020-9290 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Fortinet Forticlient, published March 15, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.86%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.