CVE-2016-7542

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

4.9

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.319

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-7542 are affected in fortios 5.4.1	NCM
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability (CVE-2016-7542)	NCM

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234