CVE-2016-7561

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-10-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

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 allow administrators to obtain sensitive user credentials by reading the pam.log file.

Affected products

Fortinet FortiWLC: through 6.1-2-29; 7.0-9-1, 7.0-10-0, 8.0-5-0, 8.1-2-0, 8.2-4-0

References

http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-030
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93282
http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-030
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93282

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