Medium severity · published Jan 22, 2019
CVE-2018-13374
Fortinet FortiOS and FortiADC Improper Access Control Vulnerability
RansomwareIn wildKEV
4.3
CVSS
38.1%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
A Improper Access Control in Fortinet FortiOS 6.0.2, 5.6.7 and before, FortiADC 6.1.0, 6.0.0 to 6.0.1, 5.4.0 to 5.4.4 allows attacker to obtain the LDAP server login credentials configured in FortiGate via pointing a LDAP server connectivity test request to a rogue LDAP server instead of the configured one.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)38.1% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Sep 8, 2022
Federal remediation dueSep 29, 2022
Ransomware campaign useKnown
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiOS · Fortinet
before 6.0.3 · source: NVD
FF
Fortinet FortiOS, fortiADC · Fortinet
FortiOS 6.0.2, 5.6.7 and before, FortiADC 6.1.0, 6.0.0 to 6.0.1, 5.4.0 to 5.4.4 · source: vendor
FO
Fortiadc · Fortinet
5.4.0 before 5.4.5; 6.0.0 before 6.0.2; 6.1.0 · source: NVD
FA
FortiOS and FortiADC · Fortinet
All versions, or not specified · source: KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13374
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13374
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-18-157
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