The Mirai botnet through 2024-08-19 mishandles simultaneous TCP connections to the CNC (command and control) server. Unauthenticated sessions remain open, causing resource consumption. For example, a…
Critical CVSS 9.1
Summary
The Mirai botnet through 2024-08-19 mishandles simultaneous TCP connections to the CNC (command and control) server. Unauthenticated sessions remain open, causing resource consumption. For example, an attacker can send a recognized username (such as root), or can send arbitrary data.
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://cypressthatkid.medium.com/remote-dos-exploit-found-in-mirai-botnet-source-code-27a1aad284f1
- https://flowtriq.com/blog/cve-2024-45163-mirai-botnet-kill-switch
- https://pastebin.com/6tqHnCva
- https://traztech.ca/research
- https://youtu.be/aJkvSr85ML8
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD