FKIE_CVE-2016-4573

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-09-09 14:05 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:47
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiswitch-rest-admin-account-exposed-under-specific-conditionsVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92450
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.themissinglink.com.au/security/advisories/cve-2016-4573Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiswitch-rest-admin-account-exposed-under-specific-conditionsVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92450
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.themissinglink.com.au/security/advisories/cve-2016-4573Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fortinet fortiswitch 3.4.1
fortinet fsw-1024d -
fortinet fsw-1048d -
fortinet fsw-108d-poe -
fortinet fsw-124d -
fortinet fsw-124d-poe -
fortinet fsw-224d-fpoe -
fortinet fsw-224d-poe -
fortinet fsw-248d-fpoe -
fortinet fsw-248d-poe -
fortinet fsw-3032d -
fortinet fsw-424d -
fortinet fsw-424d-fpoe -
fortinet fsw-424d-poe -
fortinet fsw-448d -
fortinet fsw-448d-fpoe -
fortinet fsw-448d-poe -
fortinet fsw-524d -
fortinet fsw-524d-fpoe -
fortinet fsw-548d -
fortinet fsw-548d-fpoe -
fortinet fsw-r-112d-poe -
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