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MalwareUsed by 2 actorsExploits 3 CVEs

Xortigate

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EXPLOITED CVES

Vulnerabilities exploited

3 CVEs Mallory has correlated with this family across public research and vendor advisories. Each row links to the full Mallory page for that vulnerability.

3 CVES
CVE-2022-42475Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN Heap-Based Buffer Overflow RCE

Multiple xortigate variants (v2–v4) with reverse shell payload to C2 ... FortiGate SSL-VPN devices are targeted via CVE-2022-42475, CVE-2023-27997, and CVE-2024-21762 chains, with multiple xortigate variants tuned for operational stability.

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CVE-2023-27997XORtigate: FortiOS/FortiProxy SSL-VPN Heap-Based Buffer Overflow RCE

Multiple xortigate variants (v2–v4) with reverse shell payload to C2 ... FortiGate SSL-VPN devices are targeted via CVE-2022-42475, CVE-2023-27997, and CVE-2024-21762 chains, with multiple xortigate variants tuned for operational stability.

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CVE-2024-21762Fortinet FortiOS/FortiProxy SSL VPN Out-of-Bounds Write RCE

Multiple xortigate variants (v2–v4) with reverse shell payload to C2 ... FortiGate SSL-VPN devices are targeted via CVE-2022-42475, CVE-2023-27997, and CVE-2024-21762 chains, with multiple xortigate variants tuned for operational stability.

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THREAT ACTORS

Groups observed using it

2 distinct threat actors attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.

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PanchoVilla

Multiple xortigate variants (v2–v4) with reverse shell payload to C2 ... FortiGate SSL-VPN devices are targeted via CVE-2022-42475, CVE-2023-27997, and CVE-2024-21762 chains, with multiple xortigate variants tuned for operational stability.

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MexicanMafia

Multiple xortigate variants (v2–v4) with reverse shell payload to C2 ... FortiGate SSL-VPN devices are targeted via CVE-2022-42475, CVE-2023-27997, and CVE-2024-21762 chains, with multiple xortigate variants tuned for operational stability.

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MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

3 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Resource Development

2 techniques
T1587.001MalwareEvidence1

Custom Kimera V1/V2 distributed reconnaissance framework; Xortigate exploit variants; custom SMB protocol handlers ( mysmb.py ); ZipSlip webshell dropper ( mkzip34.py ).

T1588.006VulnerabilitiesEvidence1

Pre-staged CVE-specific exploit chains: Fortinet CVE-2022-42475, CVE-2023-27997 and CVE-2024-21762; Ivanti CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887 and CVE-2025-0282; Zerologon CVE-2020-1472; EternalBlue MS17-010; SMBGhost CVE-2020-0796.

Initial Access

1 technique
T1190Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationEvidence1

Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN exploitation (CVE-2022-42475 and CVE-2025-0282); Ivanti Connect Secure exploitation (CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887); GhostCat Apache Tomcat AJP exploitation (CVE-2020-1938); GeoServer WFS injection; Oracle DBMS_SCHEDULER RCE; SAP RFC abuse.

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Threat actor attribution2

Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.

Exploited vulnerabilities3

CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.

Detection signatures

YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.

MITRE ATT&CK mapping3

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.