Mirai Botnet up to 2024-08-19 TCP Connection resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mirai Botnet up to 2024-08-19. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component TCP Connection Handler. Performing a manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-45163. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is suggested to use restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mirai Botnet up to 2024-08-19. This affects an unknown functionality of the component TCP Connection Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at cypressthatkid.medium.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-45163 since 08/22/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at cypressthatkid.medium.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling .

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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

08/22/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: cypressthatkid.medium.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-45163 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-45163
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-275535
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 08/22/2024 07:54
Updated: 03/18/2026 22:26
Changes: 08/22/2024 07:54 (58), 08/23/2024 11:49 (12), 03/18/2026 22:26 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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