Forticlient VPN Client Credential Interception

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The Fortinet FortiClient VPN client on all available platforms suffers from a certificate validation vulnerability which allows an attacker to successfully run a man-in-the-middle attack and to steal the credentials of the user.

We found this one year ago. Although most versions have been patched we

haven't seen any public info on this yet.

FORTICLIENT VPN CLIENT CREDENTIAL INTERCEPTION VULNERABILITY

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Description

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The Fortinet FortiClient VPN client on all available platforms suffers

from a certificate validation vulnerability which allows an attacker

to successfully run a man-in-the-middle attack and to steal the

credentials of the user.

When the FortiClient VPN client is tricked into connecting to a proxy

server rather than to the original firewall (e.g. through ARP or DNS

spoofing,) it detects the wrong SSL certificate but it only warns the

user _AFTER_ it has already sent the password to the proxy.

Rating

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Critical. User can not prevent interception. Intercepted credentials

give full access to VPN.

Vulnerable versions:

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Tested:

- FortiClient Lite 4.3.3.445 on Windows 7

- FortiClient SSL VPN 4.0.2012 for Linux on Ubuntu

- FortiClient Lite Android 2.0

Acknowledged by vendor

- FortiClient v4.3.3 - Patch 3 on Windows

- FortiClient v4.0 - Patch 2 on MacOS

History

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April 11, 2012: Vendor first contacted

May 2, 2012: Problem acknowledged

Dec 21, 2012: Vendor has patched all versions except Android v2

Current Status

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April 2013:

Android FortiClient Lite v2.0.0223 still not patched and available on

Play Store.

Linux version not supported anymore. Apparently no patch available.

According to vendor all other versions have been patched on all

available platforms (as of V4.3 patch 11).

Credit:

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Discovered by Cédric Tissières and Philippe Oechslin, Objectif Sécurité

Objectif Sécurité - Accueil

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Philippe Oechslin

Sursa: Forticlient VPN Client Credential Interception ? Packet Storm