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CVE-2016-7542

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

A read-only administrator on Fortinet devices with FortiOS 5.2.x before 5.2.10 GA and 5.4.x before 5.4.2 GA may have access to read-write administrators password hashes (not including super-admins) stored on the appliance via the webui REST API, and may therefore be able to crack them.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiOS (FortiGate): 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.2.5 (+6)

References

• http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-050
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94690
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037394
• http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-050
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94690
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037394

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