CVE-2016-8491

The presence of a hardcoded account named 'core' in Fortinet FortiWLC allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.

CVSS v3 9.1 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 9.4 HIGH

9.1^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

9.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 9.2

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94186	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-065	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:7.0-9-1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:7.0-10-0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.1-2-0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.1-3-2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.2-4-0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-02-01 17:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:01

NVD link : CVE-2016-8491

Mitre link : CVE-2016-8491

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-8491

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Products Affected

fortinet

fortiwlc

CWE

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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