Type Vulnerability
We investigated an intrusion where attackers exploited CVE-2024-47575 to target 500+ firewalls and deploy PEERSTITCH, a memory-resident ARM64 malware. Known-exploited catalogue reports exploitation in the wild.
Fortinet
Fortinet FortiManager Missing Authentication Vulnerability
CVE-2024-47575
What this means
This is rated critical severity (9.8 out of 10). It is on the known-exploited catalogue, which means attacks using it have already been seen. Ask IT whether Fortinet Fortimanager and Fortinet Fortimanager Cloud are in your estate, and treat that as the priority.
Full vendor description
A missing authentication for critical function in FortiManager 7.6.0, FortiManager 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, FortiManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.7, FortiManager 7.0.0 through 7.0.12, FortiManager 6.4.0 through 6.4.14, FortiManager 6.2.0 through 6.2.12, Fortinet FortiManager Cloud 7.4.1 through 7.4.4, FortiManager Cloud 7.2.1 through 7.2.7, FortiManager Cloud 7.0.1 through 7.0.12, FortiManager Cloud 6.4.1 through 6.4.7 allows attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via specially crafted requests.
Scoring and exploitation
9.8/ 10
CVSS 3.1 base scoreCritical
Exploitable over the network without any account, and no one has to click or open anything. High impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability
Longer bar: easier to attack
Attack vectorNetworkAV:N
Attack complexityLowAC:L
Privileges requiredNonePR:N
User interactionNoneUI:N
ScopeUnchangedS:U
Impact
Longer bar: more harm
ConfidentialityHighC:H
IntegrityHighI:H
AvailabilityHighA:H
- Elevated attack likelihood (~94.8% in 30 days)Model estimate (): a probability signal, not confirmed exploitation
- Exploited in the wild
- Yes — confirmed exploitation (US CISA )
- Not reported
- Listed product
- Fortinet FortiManager
Weaknesses
CWE-306
Affected products ()
- Fortinet Fortimanager
- Fortinet Fortimanager Cloud
Show the raw CPE strings (3)
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:7.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager_cloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References
2 links from the CVE record, grouped by site; the vendor's advisory comes first.
fortiguard.fortinet.com1 linkVendor advisory
- FG-IR-24-423 (opens in a new tab)Exploit · Mitigation · Vendor Advisory
cisa.gov1 link
- known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (opens in a new tab)US Government Resource