CVE-2012-4948 describes a critical vulnerability in Fortinet Fortigate UTM appliances where a shared default Certification Authority certificate and private key are used across all customer installations. This design flaw allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers, as the Fortinet_CA_SSLProxy certificate is trusted by default. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3, indicating a medium severity with an adjacent network attack vector, high attack complexity, and potential for significant confidentiality impact. Despite its potential, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortigate-1000c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortigate-100d:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortigate-110c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortigate-1240b:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortigate-200b:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.