Description
Fortinet FortiSwitch FSW-108D-POE, FSW-124D, FSW-124D-POE, FSW-224D-POE, FSW-224D-FPOE, FSW-248D-POE, FSW-248D-FPOE, FSW-424D, FSW-424D-POE, FSW-424D-FPOE, FSW-448D, FSW-448D-POE, FSW-448D-FPOE, FSW-524D, FSW-524D-FPOE, FSW-548D, FSW-548D-FPOE, FSW-1024D, FSW-1048D, FSW-3032D, and FSW-R-112D-POE models, when in FortiLink managed mode and upgraded to 3.4.1, might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access via an empty password for the rest_admin account.
Published: 2016-09-09
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 7.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5559 Fortinet FortiSwitch FSW-108D-POE, FSW-124D, FSW-124D-POE, FSW-224D-POE, FSW-224D-FPOE, FSW-248D-POE, FSW-248D-FPOE, FSW-424D, FSW-424D-POE, FSW-424D-FPOE, FSW-448D, FSW-448D-POE, FSW-448D-FPOE, FSW-524D, FSW-524D-FPOE, FSW-548D, FSW-548D-FPOE, FSW-1024D, FSW-1048D, FSW-3032D, and FSW-R-112D-POE models, when in FortiLink managed mode and upgraded to 3.4.1, might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access via an empty password for the rest_admin account.
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Fortinet Fortiswitch Fsw-1024d Fsw-1048d Fsw-108d-poe Fsw-124d Fsw-124d-poe Fsw-224d-fpoe Fsw-224d-poe Fsw-248d-fpoe Fsw-248d-poe Fsw-3032d Fsw-424d Fsw-424d-fpoe Fsw-424d-poe Fsw-448d Fsw-448d-fpoe Fsw-448d-poe Fsw-524d Fsw-524d-fpoe Fsw-548d Fsw-548d-fpoe Fsw-r-112d-poe
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.809Z

Reserved: 2016-05-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4573

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-09T14:05:07.393

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-4573

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