THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-4573
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-4573

Fortiswitch vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.6%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Fortinet FortiSwitch FSW-108D-POE, FSW-124D, FSW-124D-POE, FSW-224D-POE, FSW-224D-FPOE, FSW-248D-POE, FSW-248D-FPOE, FSW-424D, FSW-424D-POE, FSW-424D-FPOE, FSW-448D, FSW-448D-POE, FSW-448D-FPOE, FSW-524D, FSW-524D-FPOE, FSW-548D, FSW-548D-FPOE, FSW-1024D, FSW-1048D, FSW-3032D, and FSW-R-112D-POE models, when in FortiLink managed mode and upgraded to 3.4.1, might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access via an empty password for the rest_admin account.
Affected vendor
Fortinet
Affected product
Fortiswitch
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2016-09-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-4573

  • Confirm whether Fortinet Fortiswitch is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-4573.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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