CVE-2016-8491

CRITICAL

Fortinet FortiWLC - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-065
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94186

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 50.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-798
Status published
Products (10)
Fortinet/Fortinet FortiWLC 7.0-10-0
Fortinet/Fortinet FortiWLC 7.0-9-1
Fortinet/Fortinet FortiWLC 8.1-2-0
Fortinet/Fortinet FortiWLC 8.1-3-2
Fortinet/Fortinet FortiWLC 8.2-4-0
fortinet/fortiwlc 7.0-9-1
fortinet/fortiwlc 7.0-10-0
fortinet/fortiwlc 8.1-2-0
fortinet/fortiwlc 8.1-3-2
fortinet/fortiwlc 8.2-4-0
Published Feb 01, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026