What is CVE-2018-1170?

CVE-2018-1170 is a high-severity vulnerability in Htc Customer-Link Bridge, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-1170?

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

Vulnerability in Htc Customer-Link Bridge

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.

EPSS: 0.008 (52.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Htc Customer-link_bridge
Volkswagen Customer-link — versions 1.30
Volkswagen Customer-link App — versions 1.30

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure

References

zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1170?: CVE-2018-1170 is a high-severity vulnerability in Htc Customer-Link Bridge, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-1170?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.