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
Published Mar 30, 2017
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.54%
Description
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.
Affected products
-
- Version 5.2.0 - 5.2.9, 5.4.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
- 5.2.0
- 5.2.1
- 5.2.2
- 5.2.3
- 5.2.4
- 5.2.5
- 5.2.6
- 5.2.7
- 5.2.8
- 5.2.9
- 5.4.0
- 5.4.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Oct 23, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.54% (0.01539) | 73.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.54% (0.01539) | 71.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.41% (0.00414) | 59.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.21% (0.00211) | 59.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 11, 2024 | 0.21% (0.00211) | 58.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00101) | 39.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 28.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 26.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (3)
- http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-050 x_refsource_CONFIRMNot Applicable
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94690 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037394 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-050 | x_refsource_CONFIRMNot Applicable | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94690 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037394 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.