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CVE-2017-7738

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7738 is an Information Disclosure vulnerability affecting Fortinet FortiOS versions 5.6.0-5.6.2, 5.4.0-5.4.5, and 5.2 and below. A super_admin user can leverage the fnsysctl CLI command to view current SSL VPN web portal session information, potentially exposing user credentials. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.4.0, <= 5.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.6.0, <= 5.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.2HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0145 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 5,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media 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

Vendor Patches (1)

fortinetvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

fortiguard.com / advisory/FG-IR-17-172
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102151
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry