PYSEC-2021-351

ESPHome is a system to control the ESP8266/ESP32. Anyone with webserver enabled and HTTP basic auth configured on version 2021.9.1 or older is vulnerable to an issue in which webserver allows over-the-air OTA updates without checking user defined basic auth username & password. This issue is...

PYSEC-2021-351

ESPHome is a system to control the ESP8266/ESP32. Anyone with webserver enabled and HTTP basic auth configured on version 2021.9.1 or older is vulnerable to an issue in which webserver allows over-the-air OTA updates without checking user defined basic auth username & password. This issue is...

Default credentials

ESPHome is a system to control the ESP8266/ESP32. Anyone with webserver enabled and HTTP basic auth configured on version 2021.9.1 or older is vulnerable to an issue in which webserver allows over-the-air OTA updates without checking user defined basic auth username & password. This issue is...

CVE-2021-41104

ESPHome’s web_server in versions 2021.9.1 and earlier is vulnerable to OTA updates without validating the configured HTTP basic auth credentials. The root cause is that OTA update requests bypass the user-defined username/password check. The issue is fixed in version 2021.9.2; as a workaround, di...

Smart lighting security

Smart lighting systems create great opportunity for improved efficiency, cost savings and easy management. The long lifespan and low power requirement of LED luminaires and lamps means that it’s worth investing in replacing older fluorescent and incandescent lighting. RJ45 connections delivering...

Google Warns of Growing Android Attack Vector: Backdoored SDKs and Pre-Installed Apps

Google is reporting an uptick in efforts by bad actors to plant potentially harmful applications PHAs on Android devices via pre-installed apps and by bundling them with system updates delivered over the air. The technique is especially troubling, Google said, because PHAs are often malicious and...

CVE-2017-13265

A elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Android system OTA updates. Product: Android. Versions: 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1. Android ID: A-36232423...

CVE-2017-13265

A elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Android system OTA updates. Product: Android. Versions: 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1. Android ID: A-36232423...

Privilege escalation

A elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Android system OTA updates. Product: Android. Versions: 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1. Android ID: A-36232423...

CVE-2017-13265

A elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Android system OTA updates. Product: Android. Versions: 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1. Android ID: A-36232423...

CVE-2017-13265

CVE-2017-13265 is an Elevation of Privilege issue in the Android system related to OTA updates affecting Android 7.0–8.1. The Android Security Bulletin places this as a System component EoP vulnerability and indicates a remediation via the 2018-03-05 patch level for Pixel/Nexus devices; the NVD e...

Spoofing

An issue was discovered on OnePlus One and X devices. Due to a lenient updater-script on the OnePlus One and X OTA images, the fact that both products use the same OTA verification keys, and the fact that both products share the same 'ro.build.product' system property, attackers can install OTAs ...

All OnePlus Devices Vulnerable to Remote Attacks Due to 4 Unpatched Flaws

There is a bad news for all OnePlus lovers. A security researcher has discovered four vulnerabilities that affect all OnePlus handsets, including One, X, 2, 3 and 3T, running the latest versions of OxygenOS 4.1.3 worldwide and below, as well as HydrogenOS 3.0 and below for Chinese users. Damn, I ...

Google 'Android Things' — An Operating System for the Internet of Things

Google announced a Developers Preview of "Android Things" — an Android-based operating system platform for smart devices and Internet of Things IoT products. The Android-based Internet of Things OS is designed to make it easier for developers to build a smart appliance since they will be able to...

Chris Valasek Security of Things Forum Keynote

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller’s car hacking research put a crunching reality on Internet of Things security, moving it beyond almost clichéd discussions of smart refrigerators leaking inconsequential data, to hackers remotely manipulating car brakes. But Furby hacking matter...

Non-Nexus Devices and the Android Security Rewards Program

Google’s decision to limit its Android Security Rewards program to newer Nexus devices clearly puts the Google phones on the top tier of secure mobile devices. It also could ultimately have the effect of putting non-Nexus devices in the line of fire. For now, limiting the rewards program to Nexus...

Pirelli Home Broadband Routers Exposed for Two Years

ISP-issued home broadband routers have been a shooting gallery for researchers and hackers alike looking for, and successfully exploiting, shocking vulnerabilities. One disclosed by a researcher in Spain this week is symptomatic of the problem to a disturbing degree. Researcher Eduardo Novella...

Google Won't Patch WebView Prior to Android Jelly Bean

Hackers may have a perpetual shooting gallery of unpatched Android vulnerabilities at their disposal after it was disclosed today that Google no longer will provide WebView patches for older versions of its operating system. Researchers at Rapid7 have made mincemeat of WebView in Android Jelly...

Mobile Carrier Controls Exploitable on a Massive Scale

LAS VEGAS – Device manufacturers and service providers quietly maintain a pervasive level of remote control over the devices they sell to consumers so they can push over-the-air OTA updates for a variety of reasons, but problematically one popular product that enables this type of control is poor...