CVE-2016-4968 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The linkreport/tmp/admin_global page in Fortinet FortiWan (formerly AscernLink) before 4.2.5 allows remote authenticated users to discover administrator cookies via a GET request.

Published: 2016-09-21

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 3.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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-2016-5942	The linkreport/tmp/admin_global page in Fortinet FortiWan (formerly AscernLink) before 4.2.5 allows remote authenticated users to discover administrator cookies via a GET request.

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 0.03494.

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: 2024-08-06T00:46:39.877Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-4968

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-21T14:25:10.173

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

Link: CVE-2016-4968

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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