Fortinet FortiOS - Credentials Disclosure (CVE-2018-13379)
6199Exploiting IPs reported
An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ("Path Traversal") in Fortinet FortiOS 6.0.0 to 6.0.4, 5.6.3 to 5.6.7 and 5.4.6 to 5.4.12 and FortiProxy 2.0.0, 1.2.0 to 1.2.8, 1.1.0 to 1.1.6, 1.0.0 to 1.0.7 under SSL VPN web portal allows an unauthenticated attacker to download system files via special crafted HTTP resource requests.
CrowdSec analysis
CVE-2018-13379 is a critical path traversal vulnerability affecting Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy SSL VPN portals, allowing unauthenticated attackers to download sensitive system files via specially crafted requests.
CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 9th of December 2021.
CrowdSec network data shows that most actors exploiting CVE-2018-13379 rely on broad, untargeted scans with minimal filtering. The activity is largely automated and opportunistic in nature. CrowdSec network telemetry also shows that exploitation of CVE-2018-13379 has significantly declined over the past week. Attack volumes are well below the long-term average, suggesting attackers are rapidly losing interest. The vulnerability appears to be falling out of active use across most threat landscapes.
Observed exploitation attempts often target URLs that include /remote/fgt_lang?lang=/../.
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