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Fortinet FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager authentication bypass.

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Fortinet FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager authentication bypass.

Disclosed
10/10/2022
Created
10/19/2022

Description

This module exploits an authentication bypass vulnerability in the Fortinet FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager API to gain access to a chosen account. And then add a SSH key to the authorized_keys file of the chosen account, allowing to login to the system with the chosen account. Successful exploitation results in remote code execution.

Author(s)

  • Heyder Andrade <@HeyderAndrade>
  • Zach Hanley <@hacks_zach>

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/linux/http/fortinet_authentication_bypass_cve_2022_40684
msf exploit(fortinet_authentication_bypass_cve_2022_40684) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(fortinet_authentication_bypass_cve_2022_40684) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(fortinet_authentication_bypass_cve_2022_40684) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(fortinet_authentication_bypass_cve_2022_40684) > exploit

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