CVE-2016-4965

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-78

• http://docs.fortinet.com/uploaded/files/3236/fortiwan-v4.2.5-release-notes.pdfRelease Notes
• http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiwan-multiple-vulnerabilitiesVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92779Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/724487Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://docs.fortinet.com/uploaded/files/3236/fortiwan-v4.2.5-release-notes.pdfRelease Notes
• http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiwan-multiple-vulnerabilitiesVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92779Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/724487Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

Published

Sep 21, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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