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Operation WrtHug

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EXPLOITED CVES

Vulnerabilities exploited

6 CVEs Mallory has correlated with this family across public research and vendor advisories. Each row links to the full Mallory page for that vulnerability.

6 CVES

CVE-2023-41345OS Command Injection in ASUS RT-AX55 token-generated moduleExploited in the wild

The attacks likely exploit vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2023-41345, CVE-2023-41346, CVE-2023-41347, CVE-2023-41348, CVE-2024-12912, and CVE-2025-2492 for proliferation.

via the hacker newsthehackernews.com

CVE-2024-12912Arbitrary Command Execution in ASUS Router AiCloudExploited in the wild

The attacks likely exploit vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2023-41345, CVE-2023-41346, CVE-2023-41347, CVE-2023-41348, CVE-2024-12912, and CVE-2025-2492 for proliferation.

via the hacker newsthehackernews.com

CVE-2023-41348OS Command Injection in ASUS RT-AX55 code-authentication moduleExploited in the wild

The attacks likely exploit vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2023-41345, CVE-2023-41346, CVE-2023-41347, CVE-2023-41348, CVE-2024-12912, and CVE-2025-2492 for proliferation.

via the hacker newsthehackernews.com

CVE-2025-2492Authentication Bypass in ASUS AiCloud RoutersExploited in the wild

The attacks likely exploit vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2023-41345, CVE-2023-41346, CVE-2023-41347, CVE-2023-41348, CVE-2024-12912, and CVE-2025-2492 for proliferation.

via the hacker newsthehackernews.com

CVE-2023-41346OS Command Injection in ASUS RT-AX55 token-refresh moduleExploited in the wild

The attacks likely exploit vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2023-41345, CVE-2023-41346, CVE-2023-41347, CVE-2023-41348, CVE-2024-12912, and CVE-2025-2492 for proliferation.

via the hacker newsthehackernews.com

CVE-2023-41347OS Command Injection in ASUS RT-AX55 check token moduleExploited in the wild

The attacks likely exploit vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2023-41345, CVE-2023-41346, CVE-2023-41347, CVE-2023-41348, CVE-2024-12912, and CVE-2025-2492 for proliferation.

via the hacker newsthehackernews.com

MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

5 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Initial Access

1 technique

T1190Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationEvidence1

"It leverages the proprietary AiCloud service with n-day vulnerabilities in order to gain high privileges on End-Of-Life ASUS WRT routers" ... "The attacks likely exploit vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2023-41345, CVE-2023-41346, CVE-2023-41347, CVE-2023-41348, CVE-2024-12912, and CVE-2025-2492 for proliferation."

Execution

1 technique

T1059.004Unix ShellEvidence1

"By chaining command injections and authentication bypasses, threat actors have managed to deploy persistent backdoors via SSH"

Persistence

2 techniques

T1543Create or Modify System ProcessEvidence1

"...often abusing legitimate router features to ensure their presence survives reboots or firmware updates."

T1556Modify Authentication ProcessEvidence1

"By chaining command injections and authentication bypasses, threat actors have managed to deploy persistent backdoors via SSH"

Privilege Escalation

1 technique

T1543Create or Modify System ProcessEvidence1

"...often abusing legitimate router features to ensure their presence survives reboots or firmware updates."

Defense Impairment

1 technique

T1556Modify Authentication ProcessEvidence1

"By chaining command injections and authentication bypasses, threat actors have managed to deploy persistent backdoors via SSH"

Credential Access

1 technique

T1556Modify Authentication ProcessEvidence1

"By chaining command injections and authentication bypasses, threat actors have managed to deploy persistent backdoors via SSH"

Lateral Movement

1 technique

T1021.004SSHEvidence1

"...deploy persistent backdoors via SSH, often abusing legitimate router features to ensure their presence survives reboots or firmware updates."

ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

1 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

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the hacker newsNews

WrtHug Exploits Six ASUS WRT Flaws to Hijack Tens of Thousands of EoL Routers Worldwide

Mass-compromise campaign targeting end-of-life ASUS WRT routers by exploiting known (n-day) vulnerabilities—primarily via ASUS AiCloud—to gain high privileges and deploy persistent SSH backdoors, forming a large ORB/botnet-like network. Infected devices share a unique long-lived self-signed TLS certificate used by exposed services (mostly AiCloud).

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Exploited vulnerabilities6

CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.

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MITRE ATT&CK mapping5

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Researcher chatter

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