Vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlient

CVE-2018-9195

Use of a hardcoded cryptographic key in the FortiGuard services communication protocol may allow a Man in the middle with knowledge of the key to eavesdrop on and modify information (URL/SPAM services in FortiOS 5.6, and URL/SPAM/AV services in FortiOS 6.0.; URL rating in FortiClient) sent and received from Fortiguard severs by decrypting these messages. Affected products include FortiClient for Windows 6.0.6 and below, FortiOS 6.0.7 and below, FortiClient for Mac OS 6.2.1 and below.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.5th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.5% 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-2018-9195: held from 0.018 to 0.016.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.016 · change: -0.002

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9195?
CVE-2018-9195 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlient, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2019-11-21.
How severe is CVE-2018-9195?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.