Analysis: medium-severity FortiOS flaw delivered implant in CL-STA-0954 attack
A Unit 42 breakdown shows how the CL-STA-0954 intrusion chained two Fortinet flaws: critical CVE-2024-47575 (9.8) in FortiManager and path traversal CVE-2025-61624 (6.0) in FortiOS. The first exposed privileged material, the second deployed the PEERSTITCH implant via an auto-script.
- CVE-2024-47575 in FortiManager: 9.8, auth bypass on port 541
- CVE-2025-61624 in FortiOS: 6.0, path traversal needs privileges
- PEERSTITCH implant delivered through a FortiOS auto-script
- ZoomEye: 0 assets tagged CVE-2024-47575, 711,074 by FortiManager title
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