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Mirai Variant MooBot Botnet Exploiting D

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()1 min read1 · 1 read
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2015-2051
Remote Command Execution via HNAP GetDeviceSettings in D-Link DIR-645 Router
—97%KEV—
KEV
CVE-2018-6530
Unauthenticated OS Command Injection in D-Link DIR-860L/865L/868L/880L Routers
9.897%KEVRansomwarePoC
KEV
CVE-2022-26258
Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution in D-Link DIR-820L Router
9.892%KEVPoC ×2
KEV
CVE-2022-28958
Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CVE RECORD
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From the original article

1 min read at thehackernews.com

A variant of the Mirai botnet known as MooBot is co-opting vulnerable D-Link devices into an army of denial-of-service bots by taking advantage of multiple exploits. "If the devices are compromised, they will be fully controlled by attackers, who could utilize those devices to conduct further attacks such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks," Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said in a Tuesday report.

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