BitAsean Ethereum ERC20 Token mintToken Smart Contract access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in BitAsean. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function mintToken of the component Ethereum ERC20 Token Handler. Performing a manipulation as part of Smart Contract results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2018-12084. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BitAsean (unknown version). It has been classified as critical. This affects 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. The summary by CVE is:

The mintToken function of a smart contract implementation for BitAsean (BAS), 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 shared 06/25/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at peckshield.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-12084 since 06/09/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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.

The entries VDB-119847, VDB-119848, VDB-119849 and VDB-119850 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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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02/21/2020 +606 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: peckshield.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-12084 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-12084
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-119859
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Created: 06/25/2018 21:58
Updated: 02/21/2020 17:05
Changes: 06/25/2018 21:58 (57), 02/21/2020 17:05 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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