FKIE_CVE-2019-15704

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-11-21 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:20
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
A clear text storage of sensitive information vulnerability in FortiClient for Mac may allow a local attacker to read sensitive information logged in the console window when the user connects to an SSL VPN Gateway.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-227Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-227Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fortinet forticlient *
fortinet forticlient 6.2.0
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T02:20:54.430",
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