Researchers discovered as critical vulnerability dubbed Cable Haunt affects cable modems from different manufacturers across the globe. The vulnerability enables a remote attacker to gain complete control over the modem through its endpoint. Successful exploitation allows attackers to intercept private messages, redirect traffic, or participate in botnets. Cable Haunt vulnerability was discovered by a team of Danish security researchers in Broadcom cable modems. Cable Haunt Attacks Middleware The vulnerability targets the middleware running on the chip used in the Broadcom cable modems, the middleware is the real-time operating system in cable modems that runs all the networking tasks. It affects multiple vendors as the same software being used by various cable modem manufacturers to create their cable modem firmware. All the traffic goes through the cable modem middleware (CM), by gaining control over it attackers can manipulate any traffic going through the modem.
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