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CVE-2016-8491
published 2017-02-01

CVE-2016-8491: The presence of a hardcoded account named 'core' in Fortinet FortiWLC allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.

PriorityP348critical9.1CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAN
EPSS
1.52%
71.7th percentile
The presence of a hardcoded account named 'core' in Fortinet FortiWLC allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.

Affected

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
fortinetfortinet——
fortinetfortinet_fortiwlc——
fortinetfortinet_fortiwlc——
fortinetfortinet_fortiwlc——
fortinetfortinet_fortiwlc——
fortinetfortinet_fortiwlc——
fortinetfortiwlc——
fortinetfortiwlc——
fortinetfortiwlc——
fortinetfortiwlc——
fortinetfortiwlc——
fortinetfortiwlc——

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.1CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
nvdv2.09.4CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
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