# CVE-2022-33878: An exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor vulnerabiltiy \[CWE-200\] in FortiClient for Mac versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.5 ma

- Severity: CVSS 2.2 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:U/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-11-02 · Updated: 2024-10-22

## Affected

- Fortinet Fortinet FortiClientMac: version range not reported

## Description

An exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor vulnerabiltiy [CWE-200] in FortiClient for Mac versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.5 may allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain the SSL-VPN password in cleartext via running a logstream for the FortiTray process in the terminal.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Fortinet, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Fortinet](https://cve.now/tech/fortinet.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-246

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