CVE-2022-22302 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-22302

A clear text storage of sensitive information (CWE-312) vulnerability in...

Vulnerability Description

A clear text storage of sensitive information (CWE-312) vulnerability in both FortiGate version 6.4.0 through 6.4.1, 6.2.0 through 6.2.9 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.13 and FortiAuthenticator version 5.5.0 and all versions of 6.1 and 6.0 may allow a local unauthorized party to retrieve the Fortinet private keys used to establish secure communication with both Apple Push Notification and Google Cloud Messaging services, via accessing the files on the filesystem.

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

Affected Software

FortiAuthenticator, FortiOS
Vulnerable Versions:
6.1.0, 6.0.0, 5.5.0, 6.4.0, 6.2.0

Timeline

Official Publish: July 11th, 2023
Last Modified: October 23rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:X/RC:X

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-312

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1530 Data from Cloud Storage
Collection
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Exfiltration