Exploit

CVE-2022-4257

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') (CWE-74)

Published: Dec 1, 2022 / Updated: 23mo ago

Social Engineering - A Coinbase Case Study - Coinbase recently experienced a cybersecurity attack that targeted one of its employees and executives should read this to appreciate what lengths threat actors will go to (also amazing transparency). The attackers were able to inject a malicious inline JavaScript code into the targeted websites by exploiting a vulnerability.

Threat actors are seen leveraging a Mirai botnet variant called V3G4 in several campaigns targeting 13 unpatched vulnerabilities found in a range of IoT devices to propagate. The threat actors behind Mirai were most recently observed exploiting a known critical vulnerability, CVE-2022-46169, found in the Cacti device monitoring tool.

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall customers receive protections through cloud-delivered security services such as IoT Security, Advanced Threat Prevention, WildFire, and Advanced URL Filtering, which can help detect and block the exploit traffic and malware. However, samples from the September and December 2022 campaigns don’t contain the functions of vulnerability exploitation and brute force of credentials (this is shown in Figure 10).

This article describes the assessment of Remote Code Execution vulnerability in C-Data Web Management software. To configure the scan, it will be necessary to enable the FSE group signature 'cdata' which will select the underlying script: ‘CVE-2022-4257-CData-Web-Management-RCE-Vulnerability.’

The attack on PAN-OS GlobalProtect devices identified as CVE-2024-3400 allows a malicious actor to... FortiGuard Labs observed a critical level of attack attempts in the wild targeting a 2-year-old...

C-DATA Web Management System has a remote code execution vulnerability which allows attackers to send a specially crafted HTTP POST request to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system. FortiNDR Cloud users can use the following IOCs from Fortinet to hunt for “C-DATA Web Management System RCE Attack” related activities

FortiRecon Digital Risk Protection (DRP), a SaaS-based service, includes External Attack Surface Management, Brand Protection, and Adversary Centric Intelligence. Adversary Centric Intelligence (ACI): leverages FortiGuard Threat Analysis to provide comprehensive coverage of dark web, open-source, and technical threat intelligence, including threat actor insights to enable organizations to respond proactively assess risks, respond faster to incidents, better understand their attackers, and guard assets. The Vulnerability Intelligence Module under Adversary Centric Intelligence (ACI) provides a realistic view of the impact of the vulnerability based upon chatter and discussion of the same across various external sources such as Darkweb, social media, News / Blogs etc. CVE ID CVE-2022-4257 CVE Title C-DATA Web Management System GET Parameter cgi-bin/jumpto.php hostname argument injection NVD Severity CRITICAL FortiRecon Severity HIGH FortiRecon Score 70/100 Exploited Yes Exploited by Ransomware Group(s) No Exploited by APT Group(s) No Included in CISA KEV List No Available working exploit(s) 0 Available POC exploit(s) 0 Darknet Mention(s) 0 Telegram Mention(s) 0 FortiRecon Intelligence Reporting(s) 1 (OSINT) Social Media Mention(s) 10 EASM Scanner No

FortiGuard Labs observed a critical level of attack attempts in the wild targeting a 2-year old vulnerability found on C-DATA Web Management System. Recent news and incidents related to cybersecurity threats encompassing various events such as data breaches, cyber-attacks, security incidents, and vulnerabilities discovered.