CVE-2019-5589
An Unsafe Search Path vulnerability in FortiClient Online Installer (Windows version before 6.0.6...
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
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- 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-2019-5589- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:X - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-15164
A untrusted search path vulnerability in Fortinet may allow attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via network exploitable
- Record
EUVD-2019-15164- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:X - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mpgm-cx4r-632r
An Unsafe Search Path vulnerability in FortiClient Online Installer (Windows version before 6.0.6...
An Unsafe Search Path vulnerability in FortiClient Online Installer (Windows version before 6.0.6) may allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker with control over the directory in which FortiClientOnlineInstaller.exe resides to execute arbitrary code on the system via uploading malicious .dll files in that directory.
- Record
GHSA-mpgm-cx4r-632r- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-426
- 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-2019-5589- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-5589 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) in Fortinet Forticlient, published May 28, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.02%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.