CVE-2016-8491

CVSS V2 High 9.4 CVSS V3 Critical 9.1
Description
The presence of a hardcoded account named 'core' in Fortinet FortiWLC allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-8491
  • Assigner
  • psirt@fortinet.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-01T17:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-02-24T18:47:36
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-798 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/798.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:7.0-9-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:7.0-10-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.1-2-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.1-3-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.2-4-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 9.4
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 9.2
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:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 9.1
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-065 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94186 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8491
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8491
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:48:03 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:29:37 2017-02-01T17:59Z 2017-02-01T17:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:29:37 2017-02-24T18:47:36 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:29:37 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated