CVE-2016-1909 Hardcoded credentials in n/a

What is CVE-2016-1909?

CVE-2016-1909 is a critical vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 15 Jan 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer before 5.0.12 and 5.2.x before 5.2.5; FortiSwitch 3.3.x before 3.3.3; FortiCache 3.0.x before 3.0.8; and FortiOS 4.1.x before 4.1.11, 4.2.x before 4.2.16, 4.3.x before 4.3.17 and 5.0.x before 5.0.8 have a hardcoded passphrase for the Fortimanager_Access account, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access via an SSH session.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1909?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortios.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1909?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1909 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-1909 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-1909 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Fortios

• CVE-2024-23113 Fortinet Multiple Products Format String Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-40684 Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-55591 Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2024-21762 Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-Bound Write Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-42475 Fortinet FortiOS Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.3

All Fortinet Fortios vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-wpg3-7qph-4gvp.