SB2018020613 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Vobot Clock
Published: February 6, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018020613
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Man-in-the-middle attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6826)
CWE-ID: CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint ('Man-in-the-Middle')
CVSSv4: 9.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attack on the target system.
The weakness exists due to using cleartext HTTP in data transfer in the Breakout Easter Egg feature. A remote attacker can use man-in-the-middle attack techniques and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
2) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6825)
CWE-ID: CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to use of hard-coded credentials. A remote attacker can gain root access to the device.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.