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CVE-2016-8491

The presence of a hardcoded account named 'core' in Fortinet FortiWLC allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.

Published

2017-02-01T17:59:00.153

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.1 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

9.2

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-798

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Hardware	fortinet	fortiwlc	7.0-9-1	Yes
Hardware	fortinet	fortiwlc	7.0-10-0	Yes
Hardware	fortinet	fortiwlc	8.1-2-0	Yes
Hardware	fortinet	fortiwlc	8.1-3-2	Yes
Hardware	fortinet	fortiwlc	8.2-4-0	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94186 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-065 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94186 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-065 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)