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Rewterz Threat Advisory – Mass Scanning Detected on Fortinet VPN Servers

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Mass scanning activity detected targeting Fortinet VPN servers in attacks targeting commercial, government, and technology services networks. The targeted bugs include CVE-2018-13379 vulnerable to unauthenticated arbitrary file read leading to disclosure of usernames and passwords in plaintext. 

CVE–2018–13379

This is a path traversal vulnerability in the FortiOS SSL VPN web portal that could potentially allow an unauthenticated attacker to download files through specially crafted HTTP resource requests.

Impact

  • Credential theft
  • Information disclosure

Indicators of Compromise

IP

  • 193.242.145.16

Affected Vendors

  • Fortinet

Affected Product

  • Fortinet VPN Servers

Remediation

  • Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
  • Search for IOCs in your environment.
  • Keep your devices/ software updated to the latest patches.
  • Enable multi-factor authentication where possible.
  • Audit user accounts with administrative privileges and configures access controls with the least privilege in mind.
  • Review domain controllers, servers, workstations, and active directories for new or unrecognized user accounts.

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