CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-11891

Improper Privilege Management

Published: May 29, 2019 | Modified: Oct 06, 2020
CVSS 3.x
8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5.4 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A potential incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability exists in the app pairing mechanism of the Bosch Smart Home Controller (SHC) before 9.8.905 that may result in elevated privileges of the adversarys choosing. In order to exploit the vulnerability, the adversary needs physical access to the SHC during the attack.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Smart_home_controller_firmware Bosch * 9.8.905 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References