CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-12834

Incorrect Default Permissions

Published: May 15, 2020 | Modified: May 21, 2020
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

eQ-3 Homematic Central Control Unit (CCU)2 through 2.51.6 and CCU3 through 3.51.6 allow Remote Code Execution in the JSON API Method ReGa.runScript, by unauthenticated attackers with access to the web interface, due to the default auto-login feature being enabled during first-time setup (or factory reset).

Weakness

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Homematic_ccu2_firmware Eq-3 * 2.51.6

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

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