Description
The presence of a hardcoded account named 'core' in Fortinet FortiWLC allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.
Published: 2017-02-01
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9339 The presence of a hardcoded account named 'core' in Fortinet FortiWLC allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.
History

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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Fortinet Fortiwlc
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fortinet

Published:

Updated: 2024-10-25T14:41:05.797Z

Reserved: 2016-10-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8491

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:27:39.649Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-01T17:59:00.153

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-8491

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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