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June 17, 2025

FortiGuard Outbreak Alert: SimpleHelp Support Software Attack

  • June 17, 2025
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Description

FortiGuard Labs have observed exploitation attempts of CVE-2024-57727 in SimpleHelp.

 

SimpleHelp is a remote support and access software that allows technicians to securely control and manage computers over the internet.

 

CVE-2024-57727 is a path traversal vulnerability which allowed unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files from the SimpleHelp host via specially crafted HTTP requests.

 

The following versions of SimpleHelp are vulnerable to CVE-2024-57727:

  • Version < 5.5.8
CVE ID 

CVE-2024-57727 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57727)

NDR Cloud Detection Rule

FortiNDR Cloud v25.2.b+

Detection Rule Name

Category

Primary MITRE ID

FortiGuard Outbreak Alert: SimpleHelp Remote Support Path Traversal - CVE-2024-57727

Attack: Exploitation

T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application

Playbook

N/A

Threat Hunting

FortiNDR Cloud users can use the following IOCs from Fortinet to hunt for “SimpleHelp Support Software Attack” related activities.

IOC source: https://www.fortiguard.com/outbreak-ioc?tag=SimpleHelp%20Ransomware%20Attack

All IOCs relating to "SimpleHelp Support Software Attack" have been added to Threat Intelligence Intel.

Suricata Coverage

Customers can create custom investigation/detections using the Suricata signatures below:

2059843 -> ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS SimpleHelp Support Server Unauthenticated Path Traversal (serverconfig.xml) (CVE-2024-57727)

Other Fortinet Products

For more details regarding mitigating the vulnerability by utilizing Fortinet products, please refer to:
https://www.fortiguard.com/outbreak-alert/simplehelp-ransomware-attack
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