CVE-2013-4669: fortinet forticlient Credentials Management Errors

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4669 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Credentials Management Errors vulnerability in fortinet forticlient. EPSS estimates a 0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 25-06-2013
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 17-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

FortiClient before 4.3.5.472 on Windows, before 4.0.3.134 on Mac OS X, and before 4.0 on Android; FortiClient Lite before 4.3.4.461 on Windows; FortiClient Lite 2.0 through 2.0.0223 on Android; and FortiClient SSL VPN before 4.0.2258 on Linux proceed with an SSL session after determining that the server's X.509 certificate is invalid, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging a password transmission that occurs before the user warning about the certificate problem.

• CWE-255Credentials Management ErrorsWeaknesses in this category are related to the management of credentials.
• CWE-310Cryptographic IssuesWeaknesses in this category are related to the design and implementation of data confidentiality and integrity. Frequently these deal with the use of encoding techniques, encryption libraries, and hashing algorithms. The weaknesses in this category could lead to a degradation of the quality data if they are not addressed.