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Fortinet Maintainer Account Not Implemented - Detect

ID: maintainer-account

Severity: info

Author: pussycat0x

Tags: audit,config,file,firewall,fortigate

Description

Section titled “Description”

In Fortinet, if a FortiGate is compromised and the password is not recoverable, a maintainer account can be used by an administrator with physical access to log into CLI.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: maintainer-account


info:
  name: Fortinet Maintainer Account Not Implemented - Detect
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: info
  description: In Fortinet, if a FortiGate is compromised and the password is not recoverable, a maintainer account can be used by an administrator with physical access to log into CLI.
  reference: https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/6.4.0/hardening-your-fortigate/612504/hardening-your-fortigate
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 0
    cwe-id: CWE-200
  tags: audit,config,file,firewall,fortigate


file:
  - extensions:
      - conf


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "set admin-maintainer"
        negative: true


      - type: word
        words:
          - "config system"
          - "config router"
          - "config firewall"
        condition: or
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "file/audit/fortigate/maintainer-account.yaml"

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