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CVE-2016-1909 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://blog.fortinet.com/post/brief-statement-regarding-issues-found-with-fortios	CVE
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135225/FortiGate-OS-5.0.7-SSH-Backdoor.html	CVE	Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/26	CVE	Exploit
https://twitter.com/esizkur/status/686842135501508608	CVE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39224/	CVE	Exploit
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/multiple-products-ssh-undocumented-login-vulnerability	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034663	CVE
http://blog.fortinet.com/post/brief-statement-regarding-issues-found-with-fortios	[email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135225/FortiGate-OS-5.0.7-SSH-Backdoor.html	[email protected]	Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/26	[email protected]	Exploit
https://twitter.com/esizkur/status/686842135501508608	[email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39224/	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/multiple-products-ssh-undocumented-login-vulnerability	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034663	[email protected]

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
fortinet fortios	<= 4.3.16 5.0 5.0.0 5.0.1 5.0.2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.7:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

fortinet fortios

<= 4.3.16

5.0

5.0.0

5.0.1

5.0.2

CPE

cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 15, 2016	CVE Translated	[email protected]
Jul 15, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 20, 2016	CVE Translated	[email protected]
Apr 14, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 30, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 22, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 21, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 20, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]