CVE-2016-7561 describes a critical vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWLC versions 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. This flaw allows authenticated administrators to access sensitive user credentials by reading the pam.log file. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.2 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.1-2-29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0-9-1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:7.0-9-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0-10-0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:7.0-10-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0-5-0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.0-5-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1-2-0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.1-2-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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