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Realtek and Cacti flaws now actively exploited by malware botnets
2023-03-30 18:44

Multiple malware botnets actively target Cacti and Realtek vulnerabilities in campaigns detected between January and March 2023, spreading ShellBot and Moobot malware.

The targeted flaws are CVE-2021-35394, a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Realtek Jungle SDK, and CVE-2022-46169, a critical command injection flaw in the Cacti fault management monitoring tool.

Both flaws have been exploited by other botnet malware in the past, including Fodcha, RedGoBot, Mirai, Gafgyt, and Mozi.

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Related Vulnerability

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2022-12-05 CVE-2022-46169 Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Cacti
Cacti is an open source platform which provides a robust and extensible operational monitoring and fault management framework for users.
network
low complexity
cacti CWE-863
critical
9.8
2021-08-16 CVE-2021-35394 Unspecified vulnerability in Realtek Jungle SDK
Realtek Jungle SDK version v2.x up to v3.4.14B provides a diagnostic tool called 'MP Daemon' that is usually compiled as 'UDPServer' binary.
network
low complexity
realtek
critical
9.8

Related vendor

VENDOR LAST 12M #/PRODUCTS LOW MEDIUM HIGH CRITICAL TOTAL VULNS
Cacti 2 16 56 33 6 111
Realtek 36 3 14 14 5 36