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Fortinet FortiClient < 6.4.0 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key (FG-IR-19-194)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 137084

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability

Description

The version of Fortinet FortiClient running on the remote host is prior to 6.4.0. It is, therefore, affected by a an information disclosure vulnerability due to the use of a hard-coded cryptographic key to encrypt security sensitive data in configuration. An attacker with access to the configuration or the backup file may exploit this in order to decrypt the sensitive data via knowledge of the hard-coded key.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Fortinet FortiClient 6.4.0 or later.

See Also

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-194

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 137084

File Name: forticlient_6_4_0.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/4/2020

Updated: 12/7/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16150

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:fortinet:forticlient

Required KB Items: installed_sw/FortiClient

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16150

IAVA: 2020-A-0232-S