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GHSA-CM9M-HP76-GRCQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-22 06:30 – Updated: 2026-03-18 18:31

Details

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.

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


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

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  ],
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  },
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  "id": "GHSA-cm9m-hp76-grcq",
  "modified": "2026-03-18T18:31:09Z",
  "published": "2024-08-22T06:30:29Z",
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    },
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    },
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      "url": "https://flowtriq.com/blog/cve-2024-45163-mirai-botnet-kill-switch"
    },
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      "url": "https://pastebin.com/6tqHnCva"
    },
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CVE-2024-45163 (GCVE-0-2024-45163)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-22 00:00 – Updated: 2026-03-18 16:49

Summary

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

n/a
CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Assigner

mitre

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://cypressthatkid.medium.com/remote-dos-expl…
https://pastebin.com/6tqHnCva
https://youtu.be/aJkvSr85ML8
https://flowtriq.com/blog/cve-2024-45163-mirai-bo…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
mirai	botnet	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2024-08-19 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:mirai:botnet::::::::

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-CM9M-HP76-GRCQ

CVE-2024-45163 (GCVE-0-2024-45163)

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