CVE-2024-45163

Aug. 22, 2024, 3:35 p.m.

9.1
Critical

Description

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
Mirai botnet
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Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References

https://cypressthatkid.medium.com/remote-dos-exploit-found-in-mirai-botnet-source-code-27a1aad284f1
https://pastebin.com/6tqHnCva
https://youtu.be/aJkvSr85ML8

Tags

cve@mitre.org
CWE-400
2024-08-22
CVE-2024-45163

CVSS Score

9.1 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: Aug. 22, 2024, 4:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 22, 2024, 3:35 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cve@mitre.org

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