CVE-2016-7560

critical Fortinet
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
2.6%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 14% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: October 5, 2016 (3507 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: Fortinet
Source: NVD

Description

The rsyncd server in 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 has a hardcoded rsync account, which allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

CWE

CWE-798

Affected Products

fortinet fortiwlc

References

🔗 fortiguard.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 fortiguard.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com