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CVE-2016-7542

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.9)—

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.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Fortinet — Fortios

CWEs

References

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