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Fortinet FortiOS: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-2016-1909)

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Fortinet FortiOS: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-2016-1909)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/15/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/15/2017
Modified
05/24/2022

Description

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer before 5.0.12 and 5.2.x before 5.2.5; FortiSwitch 3.3.x before 3.3.3; FortiCache 3.0.x before 3.0.8; and FortiOS 4.1.x before 4.1.11, 4.2.x before 4.2.16, 4.3.x before 4.3.17 and 5.0.x before 5.0.8 have a hardcoded passphrase for the Fortimanager_Access account, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access via an SSH session.

Solution(s)

  • fortios-upgrade-latest

References

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