Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2016-1909.
PoCs published by operator8203, including Metasploit module auxiliary/scanner/ssh/fortinet_backdoor.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a hardcoded SSH backdoor in FortiGate OS versions 4.x to 5.0.7, allowing unauthenticated access via a custom authentication handler that generates a valid password hash. It establishes an interactive shell session over SSH.
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.
Exploits (2)
This exploit leverages a hardcoded SSH backdoor in FortiGate OS versions 4.x to 5.0.7, allowing unauthenticated access via a custom authentication handler that generates a valid password hash. It establishes an interactive shell session over SSH.
This Metasploit module scans for the Fortinet SSH backdoor (CVE-2016-1909) by attempting to authenticate using the hardcoded 'Fortimanager_Access' username. It does not exploit the vulnerability but verifies its presence.
References (7)
Scores
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H