CVE-2016-4965

high Fortinet
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
7.7%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 8% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: September 21, 2016 (3521 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: Fortinet
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-78

Affected Products

fortinet fortiwan

References

🔗 docs.fortinet.com 🔗 fortiguard.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.kb.cert.org 🔗 docs.fortinet.com