Building a Car Hacking Development Workbench: Part 1

Introduction There is a vast body of knowledge hiding inside your car. Whether you are an auto enthusiast, developer, hobbyist, security researcher, or just curious about vehicles, building a development bench can be an exciting project to facilitate understanding and experimentation without...

Building a Car Hacking Development Workbench: Part 2

This is part two of a three-part series. Part one covered how to build a development workbench. Part two of this series will cover reading electrical diagrams and serve as a primer for part three, where we will re-engineer common circuit types found in vehicles. Electrical Diagrams &...

Car Backdoor Maker: CBM

Car Backdoor Maker For the first time, a hardware backdoor tool is presented having several advanced features, such as: remote control via SMS commands, automated launch of attack payloads at a GPS location or when a specific car status is reached; and a configuration interface that allows users ...

On The Latest ShadowBrokers Dump, Microsoft, Oracle, and the Bosch OBD-II Dongle Hack

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including last Friday’s ShadowBrokers dump, how Microsoft learned and patched the vulnerabilities, and the Solaris bugs patched by Oracle. Microsoft ditching passwords, and a new car dongle hack are also discussed. Download:...

Patched Flaw in Bosch Diagnostic Dongle Allowed Researchers to Shut Off Engine

Two vulnerabilities were identified in Bosch’s Drivelog Connect OBD-II dongle and smartphone app that allowed researchers to shut off the engine of a vehicle. One of the issues was patched via server-side fix, Bosch said in an April 13 statement, while the other in the dongle itself will be handl...

Lemur Vehicle Monitors BlueDriver LSB2 does not authenticate users for Bluetooth access

Overview The Lemur Vehicle Monitors BlueDriver is an aftermarket automotive device that connects to a vehicle's OBD-II port and provides information about the vehicle's performance. The BlueDriver does not require a PIN for Bluetooth access, which allows anyone in range to send arbitrary commands...

Btproxy - Man In The Middle Analysis Tool For Bluetooth

Tested Devices Pebble Steel smart watch Moto 360 smart watch OBDLink OBD-II Bluetooth Dongle Withings Smart Baby Monitor If you have tried anything else, please let me know at conorpp at vt dot edu. Dependencies Need at least 1 Bluetooth card either USB or internal. Need to be running Linux,...

CVE-2015-2908

Mobile Devices aka MDI C4 OBD-II dongles with firmware 2.x and 3.4.x, as used in Metromile Pulse and other products, do not validate firmware updates, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by specifying an update server...

CVE-2015-2907

Mobile Devices aka MDI C4 OBD-II dongles with firmware 2.x and 3.4.x, as used in Metromile Pulse and other products, have hardcoded SSH credentials, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by leveraging knowledge of the required username and password...

CVE-2015-2906

Mobile Devices aka MDI C4 OBD-II dongles with firmware 2.x and 3.4.x, as used in Metromile Pulse and other products, store SSH private keys that are the same across different customers' installations, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by leveraging knowledge of a private...

Code injection

Mobile Devices aka MDI C4 OBD-II dongles with firmware 2.x and 3.4.x, as used in Metromile Pulse and other products, do not validate firmware updates, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by specifying an update server...

Hardcoded credentials

Mobile Devices aka MDI C4 OBD-II dongles with firmware 2.x and 3.4.x, as used in Metromile Pulse and other products, have hardcoded SSH credentials, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by leveraging knowledge of the required username and password...

Information disclosure

Mobile Devices aka MDI C4 OBD-II dongles with firmware 2.x and 3.4.x, as used in Metromile Pulse and other products, store SSH private keys that are the same across different customers' installations, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by leveraging knowledge of a private...

CVE-2015-2906

Mobile Devices aka MDI C4 OBD-II dongles with firmware 2.x and 3.4.x, as used in Metromile Pulse and other products, store SSH private keys that are the same across different customers' installations, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by leveraging knowledge of a private...

CVE-2015-2908

Mobile Devices aka MDI C4 OBD-II dongles with firmware 2.x and 3.4.x, as used in Metromile Pulse and other products, do not validate firmware updates, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by specifying an update server...

CVE-2015-2908

CVE-2015-2908 affects Mobile Devices (MDI) C4 OBD-II dongles with firmware 2.x and 3.4.x. The root cause is lack of validation for firmware updates, allowing a remote attacker to cause arbitrary code execution on the device by directing it to an attacker-controlled update server. The vulnerabilit...

CVE-2015-2906

CVE-2015-2906 affects Mobile Devices (MDI) C4 OBD-II dongles with firmware 2.x and 3.4.x. The root issue is that SSH private keys are identical across customer installations, allowing a remote attacker to leverage a known key to gain access to other installations. According to SUSE and CERT/CC-re...

CVE-2015-2907

CVE-2015-2907 concerns the Mobile Devices (MDI) C4 OBD-II dongle family (firmware 2.x–3.4.x). The root cause is hard-coded SSH credentials (username/password) that enable remote attackers to gain access to affected devices. Impact described across sources includes unauthorized remote access; CERT...

CVE-2015-2908: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

Mobile Devices aka MDI C4 OBD-II dongles with firmware 2.x and 3.4.x, as used in Metromile Pulse and other products, do not validate firmware updates, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by specifying an update server...

PT-2015-5967 · Mobile Devices · Mobile Devices C4 Obd-Ii Dongle

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Mobile Devices aka MDI C4 OBD-II dongles versions 2.x through 3.4.x Description: The issue allows remote attackers to gain access by leveraging knowledge of a private key from another installation, as the SSH private keys stored are the same...