ET EXPLOIT Equation Group EGREGIOUSBLUNDER Fortigate Exploit Attempt


Query · suricata

flow:established,to_server;
urilen:6;
http.method;
content:"POST";
http.uri;
content:"/index";
http.start;
content:"APSCOOKIE=Era=0&Payload="; fast_pattern;
pcre:"/^[A-Za-z0-9+\x2f]{0,4}?[^\x20-\x7e]/R";
http.header_names;
content:"|0d 0a|Host|0d 0a|Content-length|0d 0a|"; depth:24;
content:!"User-Agent|0d 0a|";
content:!"Referer|0d 0a|";
Raw source ET EXPLOIT Equation Group EGREGIOUSBLUNDER Fortigate Exploit Attempt · Suricata
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Published by Emerging Threats Open ↗, licensed under BSD 3-Clause ↗. Line breaks added for readability; the rule is otherwise unchanged.
alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (
    msg:"ET EXPLOIT Equation Group EGREGIOUSBLUNDER Fortigate Exploit Attempt";
    flow:established,to_server;
    urilen:6;
    http.method;
    content:"POST";
    http.uri;
    content:"/index";
    http.start;
    content:"APSCOOKIE=Era=0&Payload="; fast_pattern;
    pcre:"/^[A-Za-z0-9+\x2f]{0,4}?[^\x20-\x7e]/R";
    http.header_names;
    content:"|0d 0a|Host|0d 0a|Content-length|0d 0a|"; depth:24;
    content:!"User-Agent|0d 0a|";
    content:!"Referer|0d 0a|";
    classtype:attempted-admin;
    sid:2023075; rev:5;
    metadata:affected_product Fortigate, attack_target Server, created_at 2016_08_17, deployment Datacenter, performance_impact Low, signature_severity Major, updated_at 2025_07_08;
)

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