CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-14184

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An Information Disclosure vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClient for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux allows regular users to see each other's VPN authentication credentials due to improperly secured storage locations.

Risk Assessment

Disclosure of authentication credentials may lead to unauthorized access to network resources, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update FortiClient to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and implement appropriate measures to secure credential storage.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

An Information Disclosure vulnerability 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 4.4.2334 and below versions allows regular users to see each other's VPN authentication credentials due to improperly secured storage locations.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS