Pre-auth Cmd Injection in Fortra GoAnywhere MFT pre-7.1.2
CVE-2023-0669 Published on February 6, 2023
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.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Fortra (formerly, HelpSystems) GoAnywhere MFT contains a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in the License Response Servlet due to deserializing an attacker-controlled object.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by March 3, 2023: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-0669 can be exploited with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Marshaling, Unmarshaling Vulnerability?
The application deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid.
CVE-2023-0669 has been classified to as a Marshaling, Unmarshaling vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-0669
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Affected Versions
Fortra Goanywhere MFT:- Before and including 7.1.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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