CTI · reviewed · 2026-09-13

FortiGate CVE-2025-25249 now delivering PivotC2 RAT

Full story & timeline

MITRE ATT&CK

• T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
• T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
• T1071 Application Layer Protocol Command and Control
• T1571 Non-Standard Port Command and Control
• T1003 OS Credential Dumping Credential Access

Indicators

No curated indicators tied to this case.

Detections

No detection content yet — case analysis did not yield signal-specific telemetry. Check back after the next daily CTI pass.

References

• https://insomnisec.com/posts/2026-09-09-cve-2025-25249-pivotc2-fortigate_v2/
• https://cyberworldops.eu/en/fortinet-cve-2025-25249-exploited-at-scale-to-install-pivotc2-rat