Vigil@nce - FortiOS: information disclosure via Admin Password Hash
February 2017 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
A local attacker can read the admin password hash of FortiOS, in
order to perform a brute force.
Impacted products: FortiGate, FortiGate Virtual Appliance, FortiOS.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 05/12/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The FortiOS product stores the admin password hash.
However, a local attacker can bypass access restrictions to data,
and read this hash.
A local attacker can therefore read the admin password hash of
FortiOS, in order to perform a brute force.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/FortiOS-information-disclosure-via-Admin-Password-Hash-21267