ECOVACS Robot Lawn Mower/Robot Vacuum Anti-Theft PIN cleartext storage

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ECOVACS Robot Lawn Mower and Robot Vacuum. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Anti-Theft PIN. This manipulation causes cleartext storage. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-12079. It is feasible to perform the attack on the physical device. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in ECOVACS Robot Lawn Mower and Robot Vacuum (unknown version) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Anti-Theft PIN. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

ECOVACS robot lawnmowers store the anti-theft PIN in cleartext on the device filesystem. An attacker can steal a lawnmower, read the PIN, and reset the anti-theft mechanism.

It is possible to read the advisory at dontvacuum.me. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-12079 since 12/03/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1555 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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: Cleartext storage
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
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Local: Yes
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12/03/2024 🔍
01/23/2025 +51 days 🔍
01/23/2025 +0 days 🔍
09/23/2025 +243 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: dontvacuum.me
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-12079 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-12079
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-293179

Entryinfo

Created: 01/23/2025 17:56
Updated: 09/23/2025 21:02
Changes: 01/23/2025 17:56 (73), 09/23/2025 21:02 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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