CVE-2017-17540 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The presence of a hardcoded account in Fortinet FortiWLC 8.3.3 allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.

Published: 2018-05-07

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very 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

Fortinet, Inc.

FortiWLC

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8.3.3`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc::::::::

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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-2017-8700	The presence of a hardcoded account in Fortinet FortiWLC 8.3.3 allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00399.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104119
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-274

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Fortinet Fortiwlc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fortinet

Published: 2018-05-07T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-10-25T14:32:09.071Z

Reserved: 2017-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-17540

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:51:32.156Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-05-08T04:29:00.380

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:18:07.983

Link: CVE-2017-17540

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-798

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