CVE-2017-17543 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2017-17543

Users' VPN authentication credentials are unsafely encrypted in Fortinet FortiClient...

Vulnerability Description

Users' VPN authentication credentials are unsafely encrypted 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 4.4.2335 and below versions, due to the use of a static encryption key and weak encryption algorithms.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Fortinet, Inc.

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Affected Software

FortiClient for Windows, FortiClient for Mac OSX, FortiClient SSLVPN Client for Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
5.6.0 and below versions, 4.4.2335 and below versions

Timeline

Official Publish: April 26th, 2018
Last Modified: October 25th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.