Target Coin Ethereum ERC20 Token mintToken Smart Contract access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Target Coin. Affected by this vulnerability is the function mintToken of the component Ethereum ERC20 Token Handler. The manipulation as part of Smart Contract results in access control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2018-12081. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Target Coin (affected version not known). Affected is the function mintToken of the component Ethereum ERC20 Token Handler. The manipulation as part of a Smart Contract leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The mintToken function of a smart contract implementation for Target Coin (TGT), a tradable Ethereum ERC20 token, has no period constraint, which allows the owner to increase the total supply of the digital assets arbitrarily so as to make profits, aka the "tradeTrap" issue.

The bug was discovered 06/12/2018. The weakness was released 06/25/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at peckshield.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-12081 since 06/09/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 13 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-119847, VDB-119848, VDB-119849 and VDB-119850. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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06/09/2018 🔍
06/12/2018 +3 days 🔍
06/25/2018 +12 days 🔍
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06/25/2018 +0 days 🔍
02/21/2020 +606 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: peckshield.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-12081 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-12081
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-119856
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2018 21:57
Updated: 02/21/2020 16:41
Changes: 06/25/2018 21:57 (56), 02/21/2020 16:41 (2)
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