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CVE-2022-33878 (GCVE-0-2022-33878)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-02 00:00 – Updated: 2024-10-22 20:53
VLAI
Summary
An exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor vulnerabiltiy [CWE-200] in FortiClient for Mac versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.5 may allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain the SSL-VPN password in cleartext via running a logstream for the FortiTray process in the terminal.
Severity
2.2 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:U/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-22 20:19 UTC
CWE
  • Information disclosure
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Fortinet Fortinet FortiClientMac Affected: FortiClientMac 7.0.5, 7.0.4, 7.0.3, 7.0.2, 7.0.1, 7.0.0
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