Information disclosure in Fortinet Fortios

CVE-2017-7738

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.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.4th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-7738: held from 0.015 to 0.015.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7738?
CVE-2017-7738 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2017-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-7738?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-7738 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.