CVE-2017-7738 (GCVE-0-2017-7738)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-13 22:00 – Updated: 2024-10-25 14:33
VLAI
Summary
An Information Disclosure vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.6.0 to 5.6.2, 5.4.0 to 5.4.5, 5.2 and below versions allow an admin user with super_admin privileges to view the current SSL VPN web portal session info which may contains user credentials through the fnsysctl CLI command.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-24 20:04 UTC
CWE
  • Information Disclosure
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-172 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Fortinet, Inc. FortiOS Affected: 5.6.0 to 5.6.2
Affected: 5.4.0 to 5.4.5
Affected: 5.2 and below
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Date Public
2017-12-08 00:00
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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Related by attack behaviour

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