CVE-2017-17540: The presence of a hardcoded account in Fortinet FortiWLC 8.3.3 allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.

PriorityP351critical9.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.97%

80.2th percentile

The presence of a hardcoded account in Fortinet FortiWLC 8.3.3 allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
fortinet	fortinet	—	—
fortinet	fortiwlc	—	—
fortinet	fortiwlc	7.0 – 7.0.11	—
fortinet	fortiwlc	8.0 – 8.3.3	—
fortinet_inc	fortiwlc	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.010.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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