HashHeroes Tiles determineWinner Smart Contract random values

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HashHeroes Tiles. Affected by this issue is the function determineWinner. This manipulation as part of Smart Contract causes random values. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-17987. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HashHeroes Tiles (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function determineWinner. The manipulation as part of a Smart Contract leads to a random values vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-330. The product uses insufficiently random numbers or values in a security context that depends on unpredictable numbers. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The determineWinner function of a smart contract implementation for HashHeroes Tiles, an Ethereum game, uses a certain blockhash value in an attempt to generate a random number for the case where NUM_TILES equals the number of people who purchased a tile, which allows an attacker to control the awarding of the prize by being the last person to purchase a tile.

The bug was discovered 12/22/2018. The weakness was disclosed 12/26/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-17987 since 10/04/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600.001 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 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.

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Class: Random values
CWE: CWE-330 / CWE-310
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Remote: Yes

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10/04/2018 🔍
12/22/2018 +79 days 🔍
12/26/2018 +4 days 🔍
12/26/2018 +0 days 🔍
12/27/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/24/2020 +484 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-17987 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-17987
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-128437

Entryinfo

Created: 12/27/2018 11:03
Updated: 04/24/2020 14:05
Changes: 12/27/2018 11:03 (56), 04/24/2020 14:05 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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