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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 9.1/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 22, 2024
- Last modified
- Sep 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Deferred