CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-4965
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-09-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Description
Fortinet FortiWan (formerly AscernLink) before 4.2.5 allows remote authenticated users with access to the nslookup functionality to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via the graph parameter to diagnosis_control.php.
Affected configurations
• fortinet fortiwan (<= 4.2.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- http://docs.fortinet.com/uploaded/files/3236/fortiwan-v4.2.5-release-notes.pdf Release Notes
- http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiwan-multiple-vulnerabilities Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92779 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/724487 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://docs.fortinet.com/uploaded/files/3236/fortiwan-v4.2.5-release-notes.pdf Release Notes
- http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiwan-multiple-vulnerabilities Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92779 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/724487 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource