Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key in FortiSIEM - CVE-2019-17659
Published: January 8, 2020 / Updated: January 16, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24132
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17659
CWE-ID: CWE-321
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the system.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of a hard-coded ssh key for the "tunneluser" account, present in "/home/tunneluser/.ssh/authorized_keys". A remote attacker can use the ssh key to connect to FortiSIEM via SSH service on port 1999/TCP.
Affected software
FortiSIEM
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17659
Install update from vendor's website.
FortiSIEM - update to 5.2.7