Use of hard-coded cryptographic key in FortiManager

1) Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

EUVDB-ID: #VU107310

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-33504

CWE-ID: CWE-321 - Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of a hard-coded cryptographic key. A remote user with JSON API access permissions can decrypt some secrets even if the 'private-data-encryption' setting is enabled.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

FortiManager: 6.4.0 - 7.6.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:6.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-094
https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-pgc3-m5p5-4vc3

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.