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CVE-2016-8491

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Publication date:
01/02/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

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

Impact

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

Base Score: 9.10 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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): None

Base Score 3.x
9.10
Severity 3.x
CRITICAL
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.40 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

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

Base Score 2.0
9.40
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:7.0-9-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:7.0-10-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.1-2-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.1-3-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.2-4-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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