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CVE-2016-4573

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
09/09/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

Fortinet FortiSwitch FSW-108D-POE, FSW-124D, FSW-124D-POE, FSW-224D-POE, FSW-224D-FPOE, FSW-248D-POE, FSW-248D-FPOE, FSW-424D, FSW-424D-POE, FSW-424D-FPOE, FSW-448D, FSW-448D-POE, FSW-448D-FPOE, FSW-524D, FSW-524D-FPOE, FSW-548D, FSW-548D-FPOE, FSW-1024D, FSW-1048D, FSW-3032D, and FSW-R-112D-POE models, when in FortiLink managed mode and upgraded to 3.4.1, might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access via an empty password for the rest_admin account.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
9.80
Severity 3.x
CRITICAL
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
10.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortiswitch:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fsw-1024d:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fsw-1048d:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fsw-108d-poe:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fsw-124d:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fsw-124d-poe:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fsw-224d-fpoe:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fsw-224d-poe:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fsw-248d-fpoe:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fsw-248d-poe:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fsw-3032d:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fsw-424d:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fsw-424d-fpoe:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fsw-424d-poe:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fsw-448d:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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