Sensitive-data disclosure via hard-coded encryption key
Published Jun 4, 2020 · Updated Oct 25, 2024
Hard-coded key use in Fortinet FortiClient for Windows before 6.4.0 allows local users to decrypt sensitive configuration data. The client encrypts security-sensitive local storage and configuration backups with a key embedded in the software, so possession of a file and knowledge of that shared key defeats confidentiality. Access to local storage or a configuration backup is required; the documented impact is disclosure, not data modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Hard-coded key use in Fortinet FortiClient for Windows before 6.4.0 allows local users to decrypt sensitive configuration data. The client encrypts security-sensitive local storage and configuration backups with a key embedded in the software, so possession of a file and knowledge of that shared key defeats confidentiality. Access to local storage or a configuration backup is required; the documented impact is disclosure, not data modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2019-16150
- Published
- Jun 4, 2020
- Updated
- Oct 25, 2024
- Vendor
- Fortinet
- Product
- FortiClient
- Classifications
- CWE-798, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 4, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 25, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=FortiClient for Windows below 6.4.0
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