Fortinet FortiOS up to 7.4.4/7.6.0 insertion of sensitive information into sent data

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Fortinet FortiOS up to 7.4.4/7.6.0. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to insertion of sensitive information into sent data. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-46665. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Fortinet FortiOS up to 7.4.4/7.6.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insertion of sensitive information into sent data vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-201. The code transmits data to another actor, but a portion of the data includes sensitive information that should not be accessible to that actor. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An insertion of sensitive information into sent data vulnerability [CWE-201] in FortiOS 7.6.0, 7.4.0 through 7.4.4 may allow an attacker in a man-in-the-middle position to retrieve the RADIUS accounting server shared secret via intercepting accounting-requests.

The advisory is shared for download at fortiguard.fortinet.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-46665 since 09/11/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/01/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214096 (Fortinet Fortigate Exposure of sensitive information in RADIUS Accounting-Request (FG-IR-24-326)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214096). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Fortinet

Name

• FortiOS

Version

• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.4
• 7.4.0
• 7.4.1
• 7.4.2
• 7.4.3
• 7.4.4
• 7.5
• 7.6.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.7

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.7
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 3.7
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 3.7
CNA Vector (fortinet): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Insertion of sensitive information into sent data
CWE: CWE-201 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 214096
Nessus Name: Fortinet Fortigate Exposure of sensitive information in RADIUS Accounting-Request (FG-IR-24-326)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/11/2024 🔍
01/14/2025 +125 days 🔍
01/14/2025 +0 days 🔍
02/01/2025 +18 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: fortinet.com

Advisory: FG-IR-24-326
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-46665 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-46665
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-291548

Entryinfo

Created: 01/14/2025 15:50
Updated: 02/01/2025 03:17
Changes: 01/14/2025 15:50 (62), 01/15/2025 05:57 (2), 02/01/2025 03:17 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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