Fortinet FortiWeb SQL Injection Vulnerability
Fortinet · FortiWeb
The SQL injection flaw (CWE-89) lives in Fortinet FortiWeb, the web application firewall product, across versions 7.0.0 through 7.6.3 as listed in the affected ranges. An unauthenticated attacker with network access to the device can send crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests to execute unauthorized SQL code or commands, requiring no credentials, no user interaction, and no particular configuration.
An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability [CWE-89] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, FortiWeb 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, FortiWeb 7.0.0 through 7.0.10 allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized SQL code or commands via crafted HTTP or HTTPs requests.
- Exploited
- Yes, in CISA KEV
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 5/15
How an attack unfolds
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What can follow
Exploitation timelineDated milestones for a CVE: when it was disclosed, when exploit code became public, when exploitation was confirmed, and when threat reports named it.
First seen exploited 6 days before it was disclosed. Public exploit code (PoC-in-GitHub) was available 7 days before disclosure.
- Public exploit codePoC-in-GitHub7 days before
- First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence6 days before
- Disclosedday 0
- Added to CISA KEVEU database agrees+1 day
CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
5 TechniqueOne specific attacker behaviour in MITRE ATT&CK, such as T1190 “Exploit Public-Facing Application”. IDs with a dot, like T1059.004, are sub-techniques., grouped by TacticThe attacker’s goal at a stage of an attack in MITRE ATT&CK, such as Initial Access or Persistence. Each technique belongs to one or more tactics. in kill-chain order 5Initial AccessTA0001
Affected versions of FortiWeb contain insufficient input sanitization, allowing for an attacker to use SQL injection to write a malicious .pth file to the into FortiWeb's site-packages Python directory. This allows the malicious code to execute using the privileges granted to Python scripts in that high-level directory.
ExecutionTA0002
Affected versions of FortiWeb contain insufficient input sanitization, allowing for an attacker to use SQL injection to write a malicious .pth file to the into FortiWeb's site-packages Python directory. This allows the malicious code to execute using the privileges granted to Python scripts in that high-level directory. Given the use of SQL, this can lead to potential loss of data within the database.
Privilege EscalationTA0004
ImpactTA0040
Detection
0 rules for this CVE · 256 general rules for its techniquesRules for this CVE
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General rules for this CVE’s techniques
These detect the technique in general, not this specific vulnerability.
Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1190149 general rules
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- Citrix Netscaler Attack CVE-2019-19781criticaltest
- Confluence Exploitation CVE-2019-3398criticaltest
- CVE-2010-5278 Exploitation Attemptcriticaltest
- CVE-2020-0688 Exchange Exploitation via Web Logcriticaltest
- CVE-2020-10148 SolarWinds Orion API Auth Bypasscriticaltest
- CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP Exploitation Attemptcriticaltest
Process InjectionT105537 general rules
- Antivirus PrinterNightmare CVE-2021-34527 Exploit Detectioncriticalstable
- Potential Dridex Activitycriticalstable
- CobaltStrike Named Pipecriticaltest
- CobaltStrike Named Pipe Pattern Regexcriticaltest
- HackTool - DInjector PowerShell Cradle Executioncriticaltest
- Malicious Named Pipe Createdcriticaltest
- RedSun - Named Pipe Createdcriticalexperimental
- RedSun - TieringEngineService.exe Detected as EICAR Test Filecriticalexperimental
Exploitation for Privilege EscalationT106831 general rules
- Exploiting CVE-2019-1388criticalstable
- Audit CVE Eventcriticaltest
- HackTool - SysmonEOP Executioncriticaltest
- InstallerFileTakeOver LPE CVE-2021-41379 File Create Eventcriticaltest
- Possible Coin Miner CPU Priority Paramcriticaltest
- Potential CVE-2021-41379 Exploitation Attemptcriticaltest
- Potential SystemNightmare Exploitation Attemptcriticaltest
- Sudo Privilege Escalation CVE-2019-14287 - Builtincriticaltest
Unix ShellT1059.00419 general rules
- Linux Reverse Shell Indicatorcriticaltest
- AWS EC2 Startup Shell Script Changehightest
- Equation Group Indicatorshightest
- JexBoss Command Sequencehightest
- Shell Invocation via Env Command - Linuxhightest
- Suspicious Activity in Shell Commandshightest
- Suspicious Reverse Shell Command Linehightest
- Axios NPM Compromise Indicators - Linuxhighexperimental
Data DestructionT148520 general rules
- Fsutil Suspicious Invocationhighstable
- Potential BlackByte Ransomware Activityhightest
- Potential File Overwrite Via Sysinternals SDeletehightest
- Renamed Sysinternals Sdelete Executionhightest
- AWS EFS Fileshare Mount Modified or Deletedmediumtest
- Azure Device or Configuration Modified or Deletedmediumtest
- Azure Kubernetes Network Policy Changemediumtest
- Azure Kubernetes RoleBinding/ClusterRoleBinding Modified and Deletedmediumtest
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What security researchers reported
Not named in any threat report yetAlso mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
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