VDB-118484 · CVE-2018-9311 · BID 104258

BMW Vehicle up to 2018 Telematics Control Unit protection mechanism

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in BMW Vehicle up to 2018. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Telematics Control Unit. Such manipulation leads to protection mechanism. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-9311. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. This vulnerability is historically impactful due to its background and the reception it garnered.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BMW Vehicle up to 2018 (Vehicle Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Telematics Control Unit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Telematics Control Unit (aka Telematic Communication Box or TCB), when present on BMW vehicles produced in 2012 through 2018, allows a remote attack via a cellular network.

The bug was discovered 05/22/2018. The weakness was shared 05/31/2018 with Tencent (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-9311 since 04/05/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $25k-$100k (estimation calculated on 02/10/2020). This vulnerability has a historic impact due to its background and reception.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 104258†). The entries VDB-118485, VDB-118486, VDB-118488 and VDB-118489 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Protection mechanism
CWE: CWE-693
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/05/2018 🔍
05/22/2018 +47 days 🔍
05/22/2018 +0 days 🔍
05/31/2018 +8 days 🔍
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06/01/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/10/2020 +619 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Organization: Tencent
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-9311 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-9311
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-118484
SecurityFocus: 104258 - Multiple BMW Products Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/01/2018 09:23
Updated: 02/10/2020 17:28
Changes: 06/01/2018 09:23 (62), 02/10/2020 17:28 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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