CVE-2016-4965

CVSS V2 High 9 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
Fortinet FortiWan (formerly AscernLink) before 4.2.5 allows remote authenticated users with access to the nslookup functionality to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via the graph parameter to diagnosis_control.php.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-4965
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-09-21T14:25:06
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-09-21T19:28:17
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-78 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.2.4
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiwan-multiple-vulnerabilities Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92779 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://docs.fortinet.com/uploaded/files/3236/fortiwan-v4.2.5-release-notes.pdf Release Notes
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/724487 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4965
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4965
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:13:45 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:15:12 2016-09-21T14:25Z 2016-09-21T14:25:06 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:15:12 2016-09-21T19:28:17 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:15:12 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated