Comcast XFINITY WiFi Home Hotspot MAC Address improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Comcast XFINITY WiFi Home Hotspot. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation as part of MAC Address leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-9475. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Comcast XFINITY WiFi Home Hotspot (Wireless LAN Software) (affected version not known). This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation as part of a MAC Address leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Comcast XFINITY WiFi Home Hotspot devices allow remote attackers to spoof the identities of Comcast customers via a forged MAC address.

The bug was discovered 07/30/2017. The weakness was published 07/31/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-9475 since 06/07/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/07/2017 🔍
07/30/2017 +53 days 🔍
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07/31/2017 +1 days 🔍
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11/02/2019 +824 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-9475 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-9475
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-104645

Entryinfo

Created: 07/31/2017 10:16
Updated: 11/02/2019 13:05
Changes: 07/31/2017 10:16 (55), 11/02/2019 13:05 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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Discussion

 Victoriadsouza49 (+0)
7 years ago
Great product

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