CVE-2017-17540

The presence of a hardcoded account in Fortinet FortiWLC 8.3.3 allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104119	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-274	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-05-08 04:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30

NVD link : CVE-2017-17540

Mitre link : CVE-2017-17540

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-17540

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fortinet

fortiwlc

CWE

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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