CVE-2018-9195

EUVD-2018-20792

21.11.2019, 15:15

Use of a hardcoded cryptographic key in the FortiGuard services communication protocol may allow a Man in the middle with knowledge of the key to eavesdrop on and modify information (URL/SPAM services in FortiOS 5.6, and URL/SPAM/AV services in FortiOS 6.0.; URL rating in FortiClient) sent and received from Fortiguard severs by decrypting these messages. Affected products include FortiClient for Windows 6.0.6 and below, FortiOS 6.0.7 and below, FortiClient for Mac OS 6.2.1 and below.

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	Primary	5.9 MEDIUM	NETWORK	HIGH	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 52%

Affected Products (NVD)

Vendor	Product	Version
fortinet	forticlient	𝑥 ≤ 6.0.6
fortinet	forticlient	𝑥 ≤ 6.2.1
fortinet	fortios	𝑥 ≤ 6.0.6

𝑥

= Vulnerable software versions

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
The software contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data.

References

https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-18-100