High severity · published Jun 16, 2020
CVE-2019-17655
A cleartext storage in a file or on disk (CWE-313) vulnerability in FortiOS SSL VPN 6.2.0 through 6.2.2, 6.0.9 and earlier and FortiProxy 2.0.0, 1.2.9 and earlier may allow an…
7.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A cleartext storage in a file or on disk (CWE-313) vulnerability in FortiOS SSL VPN 6.2.0 through 6.2.2, 6.0.9 and earlier and FortiProxy 2.0.0, 1.2.9 and earlier may allow an attacker to retrieve a logged-in SSL VPN user's credentials should that attacker be able to read the session file stored on the targeted device's system.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiOS · Fortinet
before 6.2.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17655
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17655
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-217
fortiguard.com
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-224
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