CVE-2016-4967 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Fortinet FortiWan (formerly AscernLink) before 4.2.5 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from (1) a backup of the device configuration via script/cfg_show.php or (2) PCAP files via script/system/tcpdump.php.

Published: 2016-09-21

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 1.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-5941	Fortinet FortiWan (formerly AscernLink) before 4.2.5 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from (1) a backup of the device configuration via script/cfg_show.php or (2) PCAP files via script/system/tcpdump.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01933.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://docs.fortinet.com/uploaded/files/3236/fortiwan-v4.2.5-release-notes.pdf
http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiwan-multiple-vulnerabilities
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92779
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/724487

History

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Subscriptions

Fortinet Fortiwan

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-09-21T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:39.882Z

Reserved: 2016-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4967

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-21T14:25:09.080

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

Link: CVE-2016-4967

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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