Security News > 2024 > June > Hackers exploit critical D-Link DIR-859 router flaw to steal passwords

Hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability that affects all D-Link DIR-859 WiFi routers to collect account information from the device, including passwords.

Although D-Link DIR-859 WiFi router model reached end-of-life and no longer receives any updates, the vendor still released a security advisory explaining that the flaw exists in the "Fatlady.php" file of the device, affects all firmware versions, and allows attackers to leak session data, achieve privilege escalation, and gain full control via the admin panel.

Threat monitoring platform GreyNoise has observed the active exploitation of CVE-2024-0769 in attacks that rely on a slight variation of the public exploit.

The researchers explain that hackers are targeting the 'DEVICE.ACCOUNT.xml' file to dump all account names, passwords, user groups, and user descriptions present on the device.

GreyNoise has not determined the motivation of the attackers, but the targeting of user passwords shows an intention to perform device takeover, thus giving the attacker full control of the device.

GreyNoise makes available a larger list of files that could be invoked in attacks that exploit CVE-2024-0769.

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