7.5

CVE-2020-9289: fortinet fortianalyzer Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
Published 16-06-2020Last modified 25-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-9289 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in fortinet fortianalyzer. EPSS estimates a 2.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-06-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use of a hard-coded cryptographic key to encrypt password data in CLI configuration in FortiManager 6.2.3 and below, FortiAnalyzer 6.2.3 and below may allow an attacker with access to the CLI configuration or the CLI backup file to decrypt the sensitive data, via knowledge of the hard-coded key.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.17% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
2.17%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Fortinet2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

1 links