CVE-2024-50570 Information disclosure in FortiClientLinux
A local authenticated user can retrieve VPN passwords from memory dumps due to cleartext storage in FortiClient.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-50570?
CVE-2024-50570 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlient, published on 18 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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
Weakness: CWE-312
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50570?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fortinet Forticlient.
How do I fix CVE-2024-50570?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-50570 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-50570 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50570 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Forticlient
- CVE-2019-17658 Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClientWindows
- CVE-2023-45590 Code injection in FortiClientLinux
- CVE-2017-14184 Information disclosure in FortiClient SSLVPN Client for Linux
- CVE-2016-8493 Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient
- CVE-2020-15934 Privilege escalation in FortiClientLinux