CVE-2019-6145

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-09-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-428

Description

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.

Affected products

Forcepoint VPN Client for Windows: before 6.6.1 — fixed in 6.6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Forcepoint VPN Client for Windows 6.6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://help.forcepoint.com/security/CVE/CVE-2019-6145.html
https://safebreach.com/Post/Forcepoint-VPN-Client-for-Windows-Unquoted-Search-Path-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-6145
https://help.forcepoint.com/security/CVE/CVE-2019-6145.html
https://safebreach.com/Post/Forcepoint-VPN-Client-for-Windows-Unquoted-Search-Path-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-6145

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