A read-only administrator on Fortinet devices with FortiOS 5.2.x before 5.2.10 GA and 5.4.x before 5.4.2 GA may have access to read-write administrators password hashes (not including super-admins) stored on the appliance via the webui REST API, and may therefore be able to crack them.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8395 A read-only administrator on Fortinet devices with FortiOS 5.2.x before 5.2.10 GA and 5.4.x before 5.4.2 GA may have access to read-write administrators password hashes (not including super-admins) stored on the appliance via the webui REST API, and may therefore be able to crack them.
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History

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

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fortinet

Published:

Updated: 2024-10-25T14:35:34.799Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-7542

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:04:54.869Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-30T14:59:00.197

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-7542

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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