Improper Resource Locking in Bitdefender BOX 2 - CVE-2019-17102
Published: January 22, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24475
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17102
CWE-ID: CWE-413
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the recovery partition of Bitdefender BOX 2 due to the API method "/api/update_setup" does not perform firmware signature checks atomically. A remote attacker can send a series of HTTP requests to the device while in the bootstrap stage, cause race condition and execute arbitrary commands on the system.
Affected software
Bitdefender BOX 2
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17102
Install updates from vendor's website.