CVSS 3.0
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2016-1909
Critical (9.8) in fortinet fortios. EPSS 71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-264
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- fortinet:fortios
References
- http://blog.fortinet.com/post/brief-statement-regarding-issues-found-with-fortios
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135225/FortiGate-OS-5.0.7-SSH-Backdoor.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/26
- http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/multiple-products-ssh-undocumented-login-vulnerability
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034663