Xortigate
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Groups observed using it
2 distinct threat actors attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.
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.
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.
Techniques & procedures
3 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
Resource Development
2 techniques
Resource Development
Initial Access
1 technique
Initial Access
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.
Recent activity
1 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
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Match every observed IP, domain, and hash against your live telemetry.
Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.
CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.
Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.