What is CVE-2016-8495?

CVE-2016-8495 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortimanager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2017-02-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-8495?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Fortinet Fortimanager

CVE-2016-8495

An improper certificate validation vulnerability in Fortinet FortiManager 5.0.6 through 5.2.7 and 5.4.0 through 5.4.1 allows remote attacker to spoof a trusted entity by using a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack via the Fortisandbox devices probing feature.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-02-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fortinet Fortimanager — versions 5.4.0 to 5.4.1, 5.0.6 to 5.2.7
Fortinet Fortimanager Firmware — versions 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1037805 (vdb-entry)
fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-055 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96157 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8495?: CVE-2016-8495 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortimanager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2017-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-8495?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.