VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2017-14184

high
Published 2017-12-15 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
4.0
VIR risk
8.8

Description

An Information Disclosure vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClient for Windows 5.6.0 and below versions, FortiClient for Mac OSX 5.6.0 and below versions and FortiClient SSLVPN Client for Linux 4.4.2334 and below versions allows regular users to see each other's VPN authentication credentials due to improperly secured storage locations.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@fortinet.com — https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-214

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
fortinetforticlient{"endExcluding":"5.6.0"}5.6.0
fortinetforticlient_sslvpn_client{"endExcluding":"4.4.2334"}4.4.2334

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.