FortiWLC Undocumented Hardcoded core Account
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FG-IR-16-065
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2016-11-09T00:00:00
2016-11-09T00:00:00
FortiWLC comes with a hardcoded account named 'core' which is used by Meru Access Points to send core dumps to the FortiWLC and has read/write privileges over various parts of the system.
Unauthorized read/write remote access
FortiWLC 7.0-9-1, 7.0-10-0, 8.1-2-0, 8.1-3-2 and 8.2-4-0
Depending on your version, apply the following patches:7.0-9-1:meru-7.0-9-1-patch-bug03932927.0-10-0:meru-7.0-10-0-patch-bug03932928.1-2-0:meru-8.1-2-0-patch-bug03932928.1-3-2:meru-8.1-2-0-patch-bug03932928.2-4-0:meru-8.2-4-0-patch-bug0393292
Fortinet is pleased to thank University of Toronto for reporting this vulnerability under responsible disclosure.
FortiWLC Undocumented Hardcoded core Account
CVE-2016-8491
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-16-065
FortiWLC Undocumented Hardcoded core Account
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