| CVE-2018-3834 | Date: (C)2018-08-04 (M)2023-12-22 |
An exploitable permanent denial of service vulnerability exists in Insteon Hub running firmware version 1013. The firmware upgrade functionality, triggered via PubNub, retrieves signed firmware binaries using plain HTTP requests. The device doesn't check the kind of firmware image that is going to be installed and thus allows for flashing any signed firmware into any MCU. Since the device contains different and incompatible MCUs, flashing one firmware to the wrong MCU will result in a permanent brick condition. To trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to impersonate the remote server "cache.insteon.com" and serve a signed firmware image.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 7.4 | CVSS Score : 7.8 |
| Exploit Score: 2.2 | Exploit Score: 8.6 |
| Impact Score: 5.2 | Impact Score: 7.8 |
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| CVSS V3 Metrics: | CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Attack Vector: NETWORK | Access Vector: NETWORK |
| Attack Complexity: HIGH | Access Complexity: MEDIUM |
| Privileges Required: NONE | Authentication: NONE |
| User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: NONE |
| Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: PARTIAL |
| Confidentiality: NONE | Availability: COMPLETE |
| Integrity: HIGH | |
| Availability: HIGH | |
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