What is CVE-2017-12695?

CVE-2017-12695 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gm Shanghai Onstar, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-12695?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Gm Shanghai Onstar

CVE-2017-12695

An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in General Motors (GM) and Shanghai OnStar (SOS) SOS iOS Client 7.1. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to subvert security mechanisms and reset a user account password.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.019 (76.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gm Shanghai_onstar — versions 7.1
N/a General Motors And Shanghai Onstar (Sos) Ios Client — versions General Motors and Shanghai OnStar (SOS) iOS Client

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation)
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12695?: CVE-2017-12695 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gm Shanghai Onstar, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-12695?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.