FKIE_CVE-2017-7738

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-12-13 22:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:25
Severity
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102151Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-172Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102151Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-172Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fortinet fortios *
fortinet fortios *
fortinet fortios *
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