CVE-2017-17543 describes a critical vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClient for Windows, Mac, and Linux versions 5.6.0 and below, where VPN authentication credentials are unsafely encrypted. This is due to the use of a static encryption key and weak algorithms, allowing an attacker to potentially decrypt sensitive user data. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a high impact on confidentiality. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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:*:* | ||
<= 4.4.2335CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_sslvpn_client:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.