Ascensia Contour NEXT ONE App on Android key management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ascensia Contour NEXT ONE App on Android. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to key management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-18978. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ascensia Contour NEXT ONE App on Android (Android App Software) (version now known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a key management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-320. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in the Ascensia Contour NEXT ONE application for Android before 2019-01-15. It has a statically coded encryption key. Extraction of the encryption key is necessary for deciphering communications between this application and the backend server. This, in combination with retrieving any user's encrypted data from the Ascensia cloud through another vulnerability, allows an attacker to obtain and modify any patient's medical information.

The weakness was published 05/06/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-18978 since 11/05/2018. 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 MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.001.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at VDB-134421, VDB-134419, VDB-134418 and VDB-134417. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Key management
CWE: CWE-320
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/05/2018 🔍
01/15/2019 +71 days 🔍
05/06/2019 +111 days 🔍
05/07/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/12/2023 +1589 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: depthsecurity.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-18978 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-18978
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-134420
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20130704
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/07/2019 07:16
Updated: 09/12/2023 16:14
Changes: 05/07/2019 07:16 (37), 06/07/2020 10:53 (18), 09/12/2023 16:14 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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