CVE-2016-6909

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
Buffer overflow in the Cookie parser in Fortinet FortiOS 4.x before 4.1.11, 4.2.x before 4.2.13, and 4.3.x before 4.3.9 and FortiSwitch before 3.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP request, aka EGREGIOUSBLUNDER.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6909
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-24T16:30:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-05-22T15:06:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.1.0 4.1.11
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.2.0 4.2.13
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.3.0 4.3.9
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortiswitch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.4.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://musalbas.com/2016/08/16/equation-group-firewall-operations-catalogue.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40276/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-023 Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138387/EGREGIOUSBLUNDER-Fortigate-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92523 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036643 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6909
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6909
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:51:48 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:55:52 2016-08-24T16:30Z 2016-08-24T16:30:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:55:52 2019-05-22T15:06:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:55:52 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated