CVE-2019-6693

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Publication date:

21/11/2019

Last modified:

24/10/2025

Description

Use of a hard-coded cryptographic key to cipher sensitive data in FortiOS configuration backup file may allow an attacker with access to the backup file to decipher the sensitive data, via knowledge of the hard-coded key. The aforementioned sensitive data includes users&#39; passwords (except the administrator&#39;s password), private keys&#39; passphrases and High Availability password (when set).

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

6.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

4.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::		5.6.10 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::	6.0.0 (including)	6.0.6 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.0:::::::*

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CVE-2019-6693

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools