CVE-2016-1909

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.

CVSS v3.0

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

CVSS v2.0

10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

71.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Published

2016-01-15

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39224/

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/ssh/fortinet_backdoor.rb

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43386

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-1897
• CVE-2016-1910
• CVE-2016-1887
• CVE-2016-1914
• CVE-2016-1886
• CVE-2016-1915