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CVE-2016-8491in critical feed
The presence of a hardcoded account named 'core' in Fortinet FortiWLC allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
9.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.5%
percentile 75%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
The presence of a hardcoded account named 'core' in Fortinet FortiWLC allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.52% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N |
Affected products
- Fortinet Fortinet FortiWLC
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials
- Technology feeds
- Fortinet (RSS, critical only)
References
- fortiguard.com /advisory/FG-IR-16-065 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/94186 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-8491
- NVD: CVE-2016-8491
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