Pierluigi Paganini
November 18, 2021
U.S., U.K. and Australia warn that Iran-linked APT groups exploiting Fortinet and Microsoft Exchange flaws to target critical infrastructure. A joint advisory released by government agencies (the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), and the United Kingdomâs National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)) in the U.S., U.K., and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 17, 2021
Fortinet addresses a command injection vulnerability that can allow attackers to take complete control of servers running vulnerable FortiWeb WAF installs. An authenticated attacker could execute arbitrary commands as the root user on the underlying system via the SAML server configuration page. Experts pointed out that the flaw could be chained with an authentication bypass flaw that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2021
Fortinet fixes a serious bug in its FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer network management solutions that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code as root. Fortinet has released security updates to address a serious bug, tracked as CVE-2021-32589, affecting FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer network management solutions. The CVE-2021-32589 vulnerability is a Use After Free issue that an attacker […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 25, 2021
Fortinet has recently fixed a high-severity vulnerability affecting its FortiWeb web application firewall (WAF) that can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. Fortinet has recently addressed a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2021-22123) affecting its FortiWeb web application firewall (WAF), a remote, authenticated attacker can exploit it to execute arbitrary commands via the SAML server […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 05, 2021
Security vendor Fortinet has addressed four vulnerabilities in FortiWeb web application firewalls, including a Remote Code Execution flaw. Fortinet has addressed four vulnerabilities in FortiWeb web application firewalls that were reported by Positive Technologies expert Andrey Medov. The first vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-29015, is a blind SQL injection that resides in the FortiWeb user interface. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 28, 2020
The vendor Fortinet has finally released security patches to remove the hardcoded SSH keys in Fortinet SIEM appliances. Fortinet has finally released security updates to remove the hardcoded SSH keys in Fortinet SIEM appliances. Recently Andrew Klaus, a security specialist from Cybera, discovered a hardcoded SSH public key in Fortinetâs Security Information and Event Management FortiSIEM that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 21, 2020
Expert found a hardcoded SSH public key in Fortinet âs Security Information and Event Management FortiSIEM that can allow access to the FortiSIEM Supervisor. Andrew Klaus, a security specialist from Cybera, discovered a hardcoded SSH public key in Fortinetâs Security Information and Event Management FortiSIEM that can be used by attackers to the FortiSIEM Supervisor. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 26, 2019
Researchers at SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab discovered multiple issues in several security products from Fortinet, including hardcoded key and encryption for communications. Security researchers from SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab discovered that multiple Fortinet products use a weak encryption cipher (âXORâ with a static key) and cryptographic keys to communicate with the FortiGuard Web Filter, AntiSpam […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 23, 2019
Hackers are exploiting recently disclosed flaws in enterprise virtual private network (VPN) products from Fortinet and Pulse Secure. The popular cybersecurity expert Kevin Beaumont has observed threat actors attempting to exploit the CVE-2018-13379 in the FortiOS SSL VPN web portal and CVE-2019-11510 flaw in Pulse Connect Secure. The CVE-2018-13379 is a path traversal vulnerability in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 14, 2017
FortiClient for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows stores encrypted VPN authentication credentials in improperly secured locations. Fortinet provided security updates for its next-generation endpoint protection FortiClient product that address a serious information disclosure vulnerability. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2017-14184, could be exploited by an attacker to obtain VPN authentication credentials. FortiClient is a powerful product that includes […]
