High severity · published Feb 6, 2023
CVE-2023-0669
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT License Response Servlet Command Injection
RansomwareIn wildKEV
7.2
CVSS
100%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
Fortra (formerly, HelpSystems) GoAnywhere MFT suffers from a pre-authentication command injection vulnerability in the License Response Servlet due to deserializing an arbitrary attacker-controlled object. This issue was patched in version 7.1.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)100.0% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Feb 10, 2023
Federal remediation dueMar 3, 2023
Ransomware campaign useKnown
Affected products
Which versions
GM
GoAnywhere MFT · Fortra
through 7.1.1 · source: vendor, KEV
GM
Goanywhere Managed File Transfer · Fortra
before 7.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0669
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0669
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
vendor-advisory
https://my.goanywhere.com/webclient/ViewSecurityAdvisories.xhtml#zerodayfeb1
media-coverage
https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/109795710941843934
third-party-advisory
https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/02/03/exploitation-of-goanywhere-mft-zero-day-vulnerability/
third-party-advisory
https://attackerkb.com/topics/mg883Nbeva/cve-2023-0669/rapid7-analysis
exploit
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/17607
media-coverage
https://duo.com/decipher/fortra-patches-actively-exploited-zero-day-in-goanywhere-mft
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