CVE-2018-1170

This vulnerability allows adjacent attackers to inject arbitrary Controller Area Network messages on vulnerable installations of Volkswagen Customer-Link App 1.30 and HTC Customer-Link Bridge. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Customer-Link App and Customer-Link Bridge. The issue results from the lack of a proper protection mechanism against unauthorized firmware updates. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to inject CAN messages. Was ZDI-CAN-5264.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 8.3 HIGH

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CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 6.5 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-214	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:htc:customer-link_bridge:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:volkswagen:customer-link:1.30:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-03-02 01:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30

NVD link : CVE-2018-1170

Mitre link : CVE-2018-1170

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-1170

JSON object : View

Products Affected

volkswagen

customer-link

htc

customer-link_bridge

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other CWE-693

Protection Mechanism Failure

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