CVE-2016-1909

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-1909
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-15 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionFortinet FortiAnalyzer before 5.0.12 and 5.2.x before 5.2.5; FortiSwitch 3.3.x before 3.3.3; FortiCache 3.0.x before 3.0.8; and FortiOS 4.1.x before 4.1.11, 4.2.x before 4.2.16, 4.3.x before 4.3.17 and 5.0.x before 5.0.8 have a hardcoded passphrase for the Fortimanager_Access account, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access via an SSH session.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.0 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.1 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.2 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.3 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.4 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.5 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.6 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.7 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FortiGuard af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.fortiguard.com
FortiGate OS 5.0.7 SSH Backdoor ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
Brief Statement Regarding Issues Found with FortiOS | Fortinet Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.fortinet.com
Ralf (RPW) na Twitterze: "SSH backdoors/bugdoors seem to become a pattern lately: https://t.co/RdlQxWyCRv. This edition sponsored by Fortinet." af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 twitter.com
Fortinet FortiGate/FortiOS Undocumented SSH Access Lets Remote Users Access the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Fortigate OS 4.x < 5.0.7 - SSH Backdoor af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
Full Disclosure: SSH Backdoor for FortiGate OS Version 4.x up to 5.0.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
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