CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-17540
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-05-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-798
Description
The presence of a hardcoded account in Fortinet FortiWLC 8.3.3 allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.
Affected configurations
• fortinet fortiwlc (>= 7.0 <= 7.0.11)
• fortinet fortiwlc (>= 8.0 <= 8.3.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104119 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-274 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104119 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-274 Vendor Advisory