Skip to content
NewA calmer, faster ZeroHour

Hackers Exploiting Critical Fortinet EMS Vulnerability to Deploy Remote Access Tools

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()2 min read3
Analyze CVE-2023-48788 with Vani AIImpact, affected versions, exploitation, mitigations and detection

Vulnerabilities mentioned

All
CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2023-48788
Unauthenticated SQL Injection in Fortinet FortiClient EMS
9.898%KEVRansomware
KEV

Indicators of compromise

auto-extracted · verify before use · export allAll
TypeIndicatorContext
domainscreenconnect.comg use of different ScreenConnect subdomains (e.g., infinity.screenconnect[.]com). Kaspersky said it detected further attempts to weaponiz
domainwebhook.site2024, this time to execute a PowerShell script hosted on a webhook[.]site domain in order to "collect responses from vulnerable tar

From the original article

2 min read at thehackernews.com

 Ravie Lakshmanan  Dec 20, 2024 Vulnerability / Cyber Attack A now-patched critical security flaw impacting Fortinet FortiClient EMS is being exploited by malicious actors as part of a cyber campaign that installed remote desktop software such as AnyDesk and ScreenConnect. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2023-48788 (CVSS score: 9.

The Hacker News

By @TheHackersNews · thehackernews.com

Read the full article at The Hacker News

A short excerpt; the article and its images belong to the publisher. Summary, key facts and assessment above are AI-written from the article and can be wrong.