Use of hard-coded credentials in FortiWLC - CVE-2016-7560
Published: October 5, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40081
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7560
CWE-ID: CWE-798
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fortinet, Inc
Affected software:
FortiWLC
FortiWLC
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The rsyncd server in Fortinet FortiWLC 6.1-2-29 and earlier, 7.0-9-1, 7.0-10-0, 8.0-5-0, 8.1-2-0, and 8.2-4-0 has a hardcoded rsync account, which allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-7560
Install update from vendor's website.