CVE-2017-17543

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
Users' VPN authentication credentials are unsafely encrypted in Fortinet FortiClient for Windows 5.6.0 and below versions, FortiClient for Mac OSX 5.6.0 and below versions and FortiClient SSLVPN Client for Linux 4.4.2335 and below versions, due to the use of a static encryption key and weak encryption algorithms.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-17543
  • Assigner
  • psirt@fortinet.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-04-26T20:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-05-11T17:38:32
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-326 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/326.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 1 OR 5.6.0
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* 1 OR 5.6.0
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_sslvpn_client:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* 1 OR 4.4.2335
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-214
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17543
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17543
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:32:57 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 05:42:38 2018-04-26T20:29Z 2018-04-26T20:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 05:42:38 2020-05-11T17:38:32 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 05:42:38 Modified Vulnerability Status updated