CVE-2013-4669

Summary

CVECVE-2013-4669
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-06-25 14:38:18 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionFortiClient before 4.3.5.472 on Windows, before 4.0.3.134 on Mac OS X, and before 4.0 on Android; FortiClient Lite before 4.3.4.461 on Windows; FortiClient Lite 2.0 through 2.0.0223 on Android; and FortiClient SSL VPN before 4.0.2258 on Linux proceed with an SSL session after determining that the server's X.509 certificate is invalid, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging a password transmission that occurs before the user warning about the certificate problem.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-255 | CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fortinet Forticlient All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient Lite All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FortiGuard.com | Potential Man-In-The Middle Vulnerability in FortiClient VPN af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.fortiguard.com
Objectif Sécurité - Forticlient critical vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 objectif-securite.ch
Fortinet FortiClient VPN Client SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-05/0001.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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