CVE-2016-1909
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · CWE-264
9.8CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)71%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://blog.fortinet.com/post/brief-statement-regarding-issues-found-with-fortios
- http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/multiple-products-ssh-undocumented-login-vulnerability
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034663
- https://twitter.com/esizkur/status/686842135501508608
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135225/FortiGate-OS-5.0.7-SSH-Backdoor.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/26Exploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39224/Exploit