FKIE_CVE-2016-7542

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-30 14:59 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
A read-only administrator on Fortinet devices with FortiOS 5.2.x before 5.2.10 GA and 5.4.x before 5.4.2 GA may have access to read-write administrators password hashes (not including super-admins) stored on the appliance via the webui REST API, and may therefore be able to crack them.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttp://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-050Not Applicable
psirt@fortinet.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94690Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
psirt@fortinet.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037394
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-050Not Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94690Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037394
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fortinet fortios 5.2.0
fortinet fortios 5.2.1
fortinet fortios 5.2.2
fortinet fortios 5.2.3
fortinet fortios 5.2.4
fortinet fortios 5.2.5
fortinet fortios 5.2.6
fortinet fortios 5.2.7
fortinet fortios 5.2.8
fortinet fortios 5.2.9
fortinet fortios 5.4.0
fortinet fortios 5.4.1
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