#VU14102 Information disclosure in SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250 - CVE-2018-3927

 

#VU14102 Information disclosure in SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250 - CVE-2018-3927

Published: July 30, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14102
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3927
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250
Software vendor:
Samsung

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists in the crash handler of the hubCore binary of the Samsung SmartThings Hub due to Google Breakpad is used to record minidumps, which are sent over an insecure HTTPS connection to the backtrace.io service when hubCore crashes. A remote attacker can impersonate the remote backtrace.io server and gain access to arbitrary data.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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