CVE-2019-16150
mediumpriority · track · 22OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.012 · 67 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Use of a hard-coded cryptographic key to encrypt security sensitive data in local storage and configuration in FortiClient for Windows prior to 6.4.0 may allow an attacker with access to the local storage or the configuration backup file to decrypt the sensitive data via knowledge of the hard-coded key.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (3)
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also known as (5)
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references (7)
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- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-194cnnvd
- https://media.cert.europa.eu/static/SecurityAdvisories/2020/CERT-EU-SA2020-029.pdfcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16150cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/FortiClient-for-Windows-information-disclosure-via-Hard-coded-Cryptographic-Key-32370cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.1916/cnnvd
- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-194enisa_euvd
- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-194Vendor Advisorynvd
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