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FBI says an APT breached a US municipal government via an unpatched Fortinet VPN

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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2019-5591
Default-Configuration LDAP Impersonation in Fortinet FortiOS
6.519%KEVRansomware
KEV
CVE-2020-12812
MFA Bypass via Username Case Change in Fortinet FortiOS SSL VPN
9.845%KEVRansomware
KEV

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation said today that foreign hackers had breached the network of a local US municipal government after exploiting vulnerabilities in an unpatched Fortinet networking appliance. The intrusion was detected this month, in May 2021, the FBI said in an industry alert [ PDF ] published on one of its websites.

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