{"id":"CVE-2019-16150","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-16150","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:59:16.885Z","title":"Use of a hard-coded cryptographic key to encrypt security sensitive data in local storage and configuration in FortiClient for Windows prior to 6.4.0 may allow an attacker with access to the local storage or the configuration backup file to decrypt the…","description":"Use of a hard-coded cryptographic key to encrypt security sensitive data in local storage and configuration in FortiClient for Windows prior to 6.4.0 may allow an attacker with access to the local storage or the configuration backup file to decrypt the sensitive data via knowledge of the hard-coded key.","published":"2020-06-04T13:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:21:46.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@fortinet.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-798"],"affected":["fortinet/forticlient"],"epss":{"score":0.01157,"percentile":0.66889,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-194","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@fortinet.com"},{"url":"https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-194","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16150","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}