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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2019-6693

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' passwords (except the administrator's password), private keys' passphrases and High Availability password (when set).

CISA KEV SSVC: Active Exploitation
CVSS Base Score
6.5
MEDIUM
Exploitability:2.9
Impact Score:3.6
Temporal Score:-
EPSS:5.66%

Threat Intelligence Signals

CISA KEV
YES
KEV Date Added
2025-06-25
Ransomware Use
Known
KEV Due Date
2025-07-16
VulnCheck In-the-Wild
No
Nuclei Template
No
EPSS Score
5.663%
EPSS Percentile
92.2th pct
GitHub Severity
MODERATE
SSVC Exploitation
Active
SSVC Automatable
No
Vulnerability Class

Identity & Timeline

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Reserved-
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Time to Patch (Days to fix)-
Exploit Release Gap-
PoC Release Gap-
Exploit DB ReferencesNone identified

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
No affected products specified.

References

No reference links found.

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