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CVE-2016-4965

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-09-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: 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 products

• Fortinet FortiWAN: through 4.2.4

References

• http://docs.fortinet.com/uploaded/files/3236/fortiwan-v4.2.5-release-notes.pdf
• http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiwan-multiple-vulnerabilities
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92779
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/724487
• http://docs.fortinet.com/uploaded/files/3236/fortiwan-v4.2.5-release-notes.pdf
• http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiwan-multiple-vulnerabilities
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92779
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/724487

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