CVE-2016-6909 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in the Cookie parser in Fortinet FortiOS 4.x before 4.1.11, 4.2.x before 4.2.13, and 4.3.x before 4.3.9 and FortiSwitch before 3.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP request, aka EGREGIOUSBLUNDER.

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 0.7156.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Fortinet	Fortios Fortiswitch

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortiswitch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-023
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138387/EGREGIOUSBLUNDER-Fortigate-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92523
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036643
https://musalbas.com/2016/08/16/equation-group-firewall-operations-catalogue.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40276/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-08-24T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:43:38.599Z

Reserved: 2016-08-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6909

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-08-24T16:30:00.137

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-6909

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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