CVE-2022-35846

An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability [CWE-307] in FortiTester Telnet port 2.3.0 through 3.9.1, 4.0.0 through 4.2.0, 7.0.0 through 7.1.0 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to guess the credentials of an admin user via a brute force attack.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

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

References

Link	Resource
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-244	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortitester::::::::
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	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortitester::::::::

History

20 Oct 2022, 19:03

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Fortinet fortitester Fortinet
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 9.8
References	~~(CONFIRM) https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-244 -~~	(CONFIRM) https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-244 - Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortitester::::::::
CWE		CWE-307

18 Oct 2022, 16:00

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-10-18 14:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:35

NVD link : CVE-2022-35846

Mitre link : CVE-2022-35846

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-35846

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fortinet

fortitester

CWE

CWE-307

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

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