CVE-2018-9194

N/A
Published: September 5, 2018 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:06 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFortiOS

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A plaintext recovery of encrypted messages or a Man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack on RSA PKCS #1 v1.5 encryption may be possible without knowledge of the server's private key. Fortinet FortiOS 5.4.6 to 5.4.9, 6.0.0 and 6.0.1 are vulnerable by such attack under VIP SSL feature when CPx being used.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-302
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
https://robotattack.org/
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/144389

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-203

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