AutoPi Device insufficiently protected credentials

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in AutoPi Device. This affects an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to insufficiently protected credentials. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2019-12941. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in AutoPi Device (unknown version). This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-522. The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

AutoPi Wi-Fi/NB and 4G/LTE devices before 2019-10-15 allows an attacker to perform a brute-force attack or dictionary attack to gain access to the WiFi network, which provides root access to the device. The default WiFi password and WiFi SSID are derived from the same hash function output (input is only 8 characters), which allows an attacker to deduce the WiFi password from the WiFi SSID.

The weakness was published 10/14/2019. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-12941 since 06/24/2019. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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• Device

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