CVE-2016-8491 (GCVE-0-2016-8491)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-01 17:00 – Updated: 2024-10-25 14:41
VLAI?
Summary
The presence of a hardcoded account named 'core' in Fortinet FortiWLC allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- Remote shell access
Assigner
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| Fortinet | Fortinet FortiWLC |
Affected:
7.0-9-1
Affected: 7.0-10-0 Affected: 8.1-2-0 Affected: 8.1-3-2 Affected: 8.2-4-0 |
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