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CVE-2016-6909in critical feed1 exploit

Buffer overflow in the Cookie parser in Fortinet FortiOS 4.x before 4.1.11, 4.2.x before 4.2.13, and 4.3.x before 4.3.9 and FortiSwitch bef…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
49.9%
percentile 99%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Buffer overflow in the Cookie parser in Fortinet FortiOS 4.x before 4.1.11, 4.2.x before 4.2.13, and 4.3.x before 4.3.9 and FortiSwitch before 3.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP request, aka EGREGIOUSBLUNDER.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

49.86% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-40276 Fortigate Firewalls - 'EGREGIOUSBLUNDER' Remote Code Execution · webapps · 2016-08-19

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.09.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.010.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Technology feeds
Fortinet (RSS, critical only)

References

  • fortiguard.com /advisory/FG-IR-16-023 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • musalbas.com /2016/08/16/equation-group-firewall-operations-catalogue.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1036643 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • packetstormsecurity.com /files/138387/EGREGIOUSBLUNDER-Fortigate-Remote-Code-Execution.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/40276/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/92523 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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