Amazon Web Services FreeRTOS xProcessReceivedTCPPacket information disclosure
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.8 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in Amazon Web Services FreeRTOS, FreeRTOS and WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect Middleware (Middleware) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function xProcessReceivedTCPPacket
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
An issue was discovered in Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1, FreeRTOS up to V10.0.1 (with FreeRTOS+TCP), and WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect middleware TCP/IP component. Out of bounds access to TCP source and destination port fields in xProcessReceivedTCPPacket can leak data back to an attacker.
The bug was discovered 10/18/2018. The weakness was released 12/06/2018 (GitHub Repository). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-16603 since 09/06/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 49 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 127642, 127643, 127645 and 127639.
Affected
- Amazon Web Services FreeRTOS up to 1.3.1
- FreeRTOS up to 10.0.1
- WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect Middleware
Product
Type
Name
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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NVD Base Score: 5.9
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
09/06/2018 🔍10/18/2018 🔍
12/06/2018 🔍
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12/07/2018 🔍
04/18/2020 🔍
Sources
Advisory: github.comStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-16603 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 12/07/2018 08:01Updated: 04/18/2020 17:25
Changes: 12/07/2018 08:01 (59), 04/18/2020 17:25 (2)
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