# CVE-2024-5806: MOVEit Transfer - Authentication Bypass

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2024-5806 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-5806

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Background Noise. Continuous low-level scanning or exploitation attempts are observed, mostly opportunistic and automated.
- **CVSS score:** 9.1
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Progress MOVEit Transfer
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)
- **Tags:** file_sharing

## Description

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer (SFTP module) can lead to Authentication Bypass.This issue affects MOVEit Transfer: from 2023.0.0 before 2023.0.11, from 2023.1.0 before 2023.1.6, from 2024.0.0 before 2024.0.2.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-5806](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5806) is a vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer that stems from improper authentication, enabling attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms through the SFTP module.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 26th of June 2024.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2024-5806 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting.
Data from the CrowdSec community also indicates a gradual decrease in attacks targeting CVE-2024-5806. While still present in the wild, exploitation levels have dropped noticeably week-over-week. This may signal that the vulnerability is becoming less relevant or that defenses are improving fast enough for attackers to lose interest.

Attempted exploits typically focus on requests made to the `/guestaccess.aspx` path.

## Timeline

- 2024-06-25: CVE Published. CVE-2024-5806 is published to NVD.
- 2024-06-26: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-5806 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2024-11-23: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-5806 for the first time.

## References

- https://www.progress.com/moveit
- https://community.progress.com/s/article/MOVEit-Transfer-Product-Security-Alert-Bulletin-June-2024-CVE-2024-5806

## Live exploitation data

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