CVE-2024-50570

published 2024-12-18

CVE-2024-50570: 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…

Priority P2 78 medium 5 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC H PR H UI R S C C H I N A N

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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

Affected

17 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
fortinet	forticlient	—	—
fortinet	forticlient	>= 7.0.0 < 7.0.14	7.0.14
fortinet	forticlient	>= 7.0.0 < 7.2.8	7.2.8
fortinet	forticlient	>= 7.2.0 < 7.2.7	7.2.7
fortinet	forticlient	>= 7.4.0 < 7.4.2	7.4.2
fortinet	forticlient	>= 7.4.0 < 7.4.3	7.4.3
fortinet	forticlientlinux	—	—
fortinet	forticlientlinux	7.0.0 – 7.0.13	—
fortinet	forticlientlinux	7.2.0 – 7.2.7	—
fortinet	forticlientlinux	7.4.0 – 7.4.2	—
fortinet	forticlientmac	7.0.0 – 7.0.14	—
fortinet	forticlientmac	7.2.0 – 7.2.7	—
fortinet	forticlientmac	7.4.0 – 7.4.2	—
fortinet	forticlientwindows	—	—
fortinet	forticlientwindows	—	—
fortinet	forticlientwindows	7.0.0 – 7.0.13	—
fortinet	forticlientwindows	7.2.0 – 7.2.5	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

• → VPN password exposed in cleartext in process memory due to JavaScript garbage collector behavior; a local authenticated attacker can retrieve credentials via memory dump of FortiClientWindows or FortiClientLinux processes ↗

• · Affected FortiClientWindows versions: 7.4.0–7.4.1, 7.2.0–7.2.6, 7.0.0–7.0.13. Affected FortiClientLinux versions: 7.4.0–7.4.2, 7.2.0–7.2.7, 7.0.0–7.0.13. Exploitation requires local authenticated access and the ability to perform a memory dump of the FortiClient process. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 5.0 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

vulncheck 5.0 MEDIUM

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CWE-312