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CVE-2016-7542 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-050	CVE	Not Applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94690	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037394	CVE
http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-050	[email protected]	Not Applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94690	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037394	[email protected]

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-200	Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
fortinet fortios	5.2.0 5.2.1 5.2.2 5.2.3 5.2.4
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.4.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

fortinet fortios

5.2.0

5.2.1

5.2.2

5.2.3

5.2.4

CPE

cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 28, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 4, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 1, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]