CVE-2018-3834
Insteon Hub Firmware Flashing Permanent Denial of Service (PDoS) Vulnerability
Description
An exploitable permanent denial of service vulnerability exists in Insteon Hub running firmware version 1013. The firmware upgrade functionality, triggered via PubNub, retrieves signed firmware binaries using plain HTTP requests. The device doesn't check the kind of firmware image that is going to be installed and thus allows for flashing any signed firmware into any MCU. Since the device contains different and incompatible MCUs, flashing one firmware to the wrong MCU will result in a permanent brick condition. To trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to impersonate the remote server "cache.insteon.com" and serve a signed firmware image.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 2, 2018, 7:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 4:06 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.2
Exploitability Score :
2.2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2018-3834.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0513 | Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0513 | Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 03, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 19, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3 Talos AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-284 CWE-20 CWE-346 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0513 No Types Assigned https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0513 Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-284 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:insteon:hub_firmware:1013:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:insteon:hub:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-3834
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.14 }} -0.04%
score
0.50336
percentile