CVE-2018-3833

An exploitable firmware downgrade 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 firmware version that is going to be installed and thus allows for flashing older firmware images. To trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to impersonate the remote server 'cache.insteon.com' and serve any signed firmware image.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0512	Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:insteon:hub_2245-222_firmware:1013:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:insteon:hub_2245-222:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-08-23 14:29

Updated : 2024-02-04 20:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-3833

Mitre link : CVE-2018-3833

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-3833

JSON object : View

Products Affected

insteon

hub_2245-222_firmware
hub_2245-222

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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