CVE-2024-12912 is an improper input insertion vulnerability in ASUS Router AiCloud affecting certain router models and firmware series. The flaw allows attacker-controlled input to be inserted into processing in a way that can lead to arbitrary command execution on the device. Available reporting consistently associates the issue with the AiCloud remote access feature and describes it as an arbitrary command execution vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. Specific vulnerable functions and exact code paths are not currently available in the provided information.
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Repository contains a single substantive Go program, origasus.go, plus a README. The code is an operational exploit/scanner targeting ASUS AiCloud/AsusWRT devices and explicitly references a chained attack involving SETROOTCERTIFICATE to write /etc/cert.pem.1 and APPLYAPP/RC_SERVICE to execute commands. It is not merely a detector: it reads targets from stdin or a file, supports optional TLS and multi-port scanning, verifies ASUS-related indicators to reduce false positives, and then attempts exploitation using multiple HTTP request and shell-execution variants. The exploit is structured as a concurrent scanner with global configuration, signal handling, exploited-host tracking, and environment-driven loader customization. It maintains a list of common ASUS management ports, supports host:port parsing or separator-based input, and skips previously exploited hosts unless disabled. The payload logic is the most notable part: it builds several shell-script variants intended to be written to /etc/cert.pem.1, then tries many command-injection forms to execute that file. The staged script attempts to download kla.sh from a configurable loader host over HTTP or raw TCP using wget, busybox wget, curl, nc, or toybox nc, stores it in writable temp locations, marks it executable, and launches it in the background with a campaign tag. Fingerprintable observables include the default loader IP 11.11.11.11, HTTP path /bins/kla.sh, TCP port 3342, target-side file /etc/cert.pem.1, temp directories /dev/shm, /var/tmp, /tmp, and the local bookkeeping file exploited.txt. Overall, this repository is a compact standalone Go-based exploitation utility for mass-targeting vulnerable ASUS router/web-management interfaces, with built-in staging for a second-phase shell payload.
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An arbitrary command execution vulnerability in ASUS routers, exploited by threat actors to compromise devices via the AiCloud service.
An ASUS WRT/AiCloud-related arbitrary command execution vulnerability used in Operation WrtHug to obtain remote command execution on exposed/accessible routers.
Unknown (n-day vulnerability in end-of-life ASUS WRT routers, used for compromise/proliferation in Operation WrtHug).
Arbitrary command execution vulnerability in ASUS WRT routers, cited as leveraged in Operation WrtHug.
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