Threats / Realtek / CVE-2014-8361
CVE-2014-8361
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-08-04
Realtek SDK vulnerability
Realtek SDK miniigd SOAP service contains improper input validation allowing remote code execution via crafted NewInternalClient requests.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit CWE-20 input validation defects in the miniigd SOAP service to achieve arbitrary code execution on affected Realtek SDK deployments without authentication.
CISA KEV Yes · 2023-09-184EPSS 0.99975 (verify live)5CVSS 9.8 (CISA)3CISA SSVC Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Impact: total3Exploit Weaponized · public exploit · Metasploit module12
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
1041 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-09-18).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.99975 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
CVSS 9.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) · Affected: Realtek, SDK. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.CVSS — CISA-assigned via the ADP container (CVE.org), version 3.1; the CNA left no metrics, so CISA's own score is used ahead of NVD.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-20 Improper Input Validation.CWE assignment from the public NVD record (may be stale); the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
CISA SSVC (triage disposition)
Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalCISA's own stakeholder-specific triage inputs, published in the CVE record (CISA Coordinator role). NOTE: this is CISA's three decision points; the final Act/Attend/Track decision also requires a Mission & Well-being input not published here, so no overall decision is asserted.
Currency of the record
CISA added this to its KEV catalog 3062 days after the CVE record was published.KEV lag = CISA-KEV dateAdded − CVE.org datePublished; a floor on how long the known-exploited flaw sat in the public record before the federal catalog listed it. Severity/weakness here is CNA- or CISA-assigned (current at disclosure), independent of NVD's analysis backlog.
Public exploit available
Public exploit tooling is catalogued for this CVE (a functional/weaponized public exploit). Catalog entries: Metasploit module. We link the catalog page(s) only — no payload or code is hosted or restated here.Link, never host — the catalog page is the source; basicsecurity.net does not redistribute payloads.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious NewInternalClient SOAP request with unvalidated input to the miniigd service.
Business
Attacker gains unauthenticated remote code execution on network-exposed devices running vulnerable Realtek SDK.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the miniigd service process.
Business
Compromised device becomes a pivot point for lateral network movement and data exfiltration.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I establish persistent access and maintain control over the infected device.
Business
Organization loses visibility and control of affected infrastructure; remediation requires device-level intervention.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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