FortiGate - New Administrator Account Created

experimentalmedium
Log-Quelle: fortigate · eventAutor Marco Pedrinazzi (@pedrinazziM) (InTheCyber)Datum 2025-11-01
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Beschreibung

Was dies ist, in Kürze.

Detects the creation of an administrator account on a Fortinet FortiGate Firewall.

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Tags

attack.persistenceattack.t1136.001
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Regelquelle (YAML)

title: FortiGate - New Administrator Account Created
id: cd0a4943-0edd-42cf-b50c-06f77a10d4c1
status: experimental
description: Detects the creation of an administrator account on a Fortinet FortiGate Firewall.
references:
    - https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-535
    - https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.6.4/fortios-log-message-reference/398/event
    - https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.6.4/cli-reference/390485493/config-system-admin
    - https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.6.4/fortios-log-message-reference/44547/44547-logid-event-config-objattr
author: Marco Pedrinazzi (@pedrinazziM) (InTheCyber)
date: 2025-11-01
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.t1136.001
logsource:
    product: fortigate
    service: event
detection:
    selection:
        action: 'Add'
        cfgpath: 'system.admin'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - An administrator account can be created for legitimate purposes. Investigate the account details to determine if it is authorized.
level: medium
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erkennt Techniken (1)

ATT&CK-Techniken, die dies ermöglicht oder abbildet.

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Referenzen

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