Adversaries may compromise numerous third-party systems to form a botnet that can be used during targeting. A botnet is a network of compromised systems that can be instructed to perform coordinated tasks.(Citation: Norton Botnet) Instead of purchasing/renting a botnet from a booter/stresser service, adversaries may build their own botnet by compromising numerous third-party systems.(Citation: Imperva DDoS for Hire) Adversaries may also conduct a takeover of an existing botnet, such as redirecting bots to adversary-controlled C2 servers.(Citation: Dell Dridex Oct 2015) With a botnet at their disposal, adversaries may perform follow-on activity such as large-scale Phishing or Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS).
View in MITRE ATT&CK®| Capability ID | Capability Description | Mapping Type | ATT&CK ID | ATT&CK Name | Notes |
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| CVE-2020-25506 | D-Link DNS-320 Device Command Injection Vulnerability | secondary_impact | T1584.005 | Botnet |
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CVE-2020-25506 is a command injection vulnerability in the D-Link DNS-320 FW v2.06B01 Revision Ax system_mgr.cgi component, which can lead to remote arbitrary code execution.
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| CVE-2020-29557 | D-Link DIR-825 R1 Devices Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | secondary_impact | T1584.005 | Botnet |
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CVE-2020-29557 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the web interface allows attackers to achieve pre-authentication remote code execution. Unidentified threat actors are reported to have been actively exploiting it to co-opt them to a Mirai-variant botnet used for carrying out DDoS attacks, merely two days after its public disclosure.
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