CVE-2016-7542

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Medium 4.9
Description
A read-only administrator on Fortinet devices with FortiOS 5.2.x before 5.2.10 GA and 5.4.x before 5.4.2 GA may have access to read-write administrators password hashes (not including super-admins) stored on the appliance via the webui REST API, and may therefore be able to crack them.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-7542
  • Assigner
  • psirt@fortinet.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-30T14:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-07-28T01:29:06
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.2
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-050 Not Applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94690 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037394
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7542
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7542
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:17:39 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 15:14:59 2017-03-30T14:59Z 2017-03-30T14:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 15:15:00 2017-07-28T01:29:06 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 15:15:00 Modified Vulnerability Status updated