Hardcoded passphrase vulnerability in Fortinet products allows remote administrative access

Hardcoded passphrase vulnerability in Fortinet products allows remote administrative access

CVE-2016-1909 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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