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CVE-2016-4965: fortinet fortiwan OS Command Injection

CVSS: 9.0v2.0HighModified
Published 21-09-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-4965 is a high (CVSS 9.0) OS Command Injection vulnerability in fortinet fortiwan. EPSS estimates a 4.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.12%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 21-09-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.12% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.12%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Fortinet1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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