CVE-2024-50570 (GCVE-0-2024-50570)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-18 12:44 – Updated: 2025-08-27 21:29
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Summary
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
Severity ?
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:X/RC:X
CWE
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Fortinet FortiClientMac Affected: 7.4.0 , ≤ 7.4.2 (semver)
Affected: 7.2.0 , ≤ 7.2.7 (semver)
Affected: 7.0.0 , ≤ 7.0.14 (semver)
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    Fortinet FortiClientLinux Affected: 7.4.0 , ≤ 7.4.2 (semver)
Affected: 7.2.0 , ≤ 7.2.7 (semver)
Affected: 7.0.0 , ≤ 7.0.13 (semver)
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    Fortinet FortiClientWindows Affected: 7.4.0
Affected: 7.2.0 , ≤ 7.2.5 (semver)
Affected: 7.0.0 , ≤ 7.0.13 (semver)
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