CVE-2016-4573

Summary

CVECVE-2016-4573
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-09 14:05:00 UTC
Updated2016-11-28 20:19:00 UTC
DescriptionFortinet FortiSwitch FSW-108D-POE, FSW-124D, FSW-124D-POE, FSW-224D-POE, FSW-224D-FPOE, FSW-248D-POE, FSW-248D-FPOE, FSW-424D, FSW-424D-POE, FSW-424D-FPOE, FSW-448D, FSW-448D-POE, FSW-448D-FPOE, FSW-524D, FSW-524D-FPOE, FSW-548D, FSW-548D-FPOE, FSW-1024D, FSW-1048D, FSW-3032D, and FSW-R-112D-POE models, when in FortiLink managed mode and upgraded to 3.4.1, might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access via an empty password for the rest_admin account.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fortinet Fortiswitch 3.4.1 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortiswitch 3.4.1 All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-1024d - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-1024d - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-1048d - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-1048d - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-108d-poe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-108d-poe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-124d - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-124d - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-124d-poe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-124d-poe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-224d-fpoe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-224d-fpoe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-224d-poe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-224d-poe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-248d-fpoe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-248d-fpoe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-248d-poe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-248d-poe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-3032d - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-3032d - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-424d - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-424d - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-424d-fpoe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-424d-fpoe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-424d-poe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-424d-poe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-448d - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-448d - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-448d-fpoe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-448d-fpoe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-448d-poe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-448d-poe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-524d - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-524d - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-524d-fpoe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-524d-fpoe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-548d - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-548d - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-548d-fpoe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-548d-fpoe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-r-112d-poe - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fsw-r-112d-poe - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FortiSwitch rest_admin account exposed under specific conditions | FortiGuard.com CONFIRM fortiguard.com Vendor Advisory
Fortinet FortiSwitch CVE-2016-4573 Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
The Missing Link - Advisories - cve-2016-4573 MISC www.themissinglink.com.au Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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