CVE-2020-9291

7.8 highEPSS 0.5%

High (7.8) in fortinet forticlient. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in FortiClient for Windows 6.2.1 and below may allow a local user to gain elevated privileges via exhausting the pool of temporary file names combined with a symbolic link attack.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 44% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-668
Published: 2020-06-01
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

fortinet:forticlient

References

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-040
https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-040
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-040

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