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CVE-2017-14184

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14184 is an information disclosure vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClient for Windows, Mac OSX, and FortiClient SSLVPN Client for Linux, allowing regular users to view each other's VPN authentication credentials due to insecure storage. It carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk with network access, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness among potential attackers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
< 5.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
< 4.4.2334CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_sslvpn_client:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0208 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

fortinetworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

fortiguard.com / advisory/FG-IR-17-214
MitigationVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102123
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry