CVE-2024-50570 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2024-50570

A Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability [CWE-312] in FortiClientWindows...

Vulnerability Description

A Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability [CWE-312] in FortiClientWindows 7.4.0 through 7.4.1, 7.2.0 through 7.2.6, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13 and FortiClientLinux 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13 may permit a local authenticated user to retrieve VPN password via memory dump, due to JavaScript's garbage collector

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.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

FortiClientMac, FortiClientLinux, FortiClientWindows
Vulnerable Versions:
7.4.0, 7.2.0, 7.0.0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 18th, 2024
Last Modified: August 27th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)