Security Glitch in IoT Camera Enabled Remote Monitoring

Swann has patched a flaw in its connected cameras that would allow a remote attacker to access their video feeds. A research team, consisting of Andrew Tierney, Chris Wade and Ken Munro from Pen Test Partners, as well as security researchers Alan Woodward, Scott Helme and Vangelis Stykas, develop...

Bugs in Samsung IoT Hub Leave Smart Home Open To Attack

Researchers found 20 vulnerabilities in Samsung’s SmartThings Hub, allowing attackers to control smart locks, remotely monitor the home via connected cameras and perform other alarming functions. Cisco Talos researchers, who published a technical breakdown of the vulnerabilities on Thursday, said...

Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Samsung SmartThings Hub

These vulnerabilities were discovered by Claudio Bozzato of Cisco Talos. Executive Summary Cisco Talos recently discovered several vulnerabilities present within the firmware of the Samsung SmartThings Hub. In accordance with our coordinated disclosure policy, Cisco Talos has worked with Samsung ...

Samsung SmartThings Hub hubCore ZigBee firmware update CRC16 check denial-of-service vulnerability

Summary An exploitable integer underflow vulnerability exists in the ZigBee firmware update routine of the hubCore binary of the Samsung SmartThings Hub. The hubCore process incorrectly handles malformed files existing in its “data” directory, leading to an infinite loop, which eventually causes...

Samsung SmartThings Hub hubCore Google Breakpad backtrace.io information disclosure vulnerability

Summary An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the crash handler of the hubCore binary of the Samsung SmartThings Hub. When hubCore crashes, Google Breakpad is used to record minidumps, which are sent over an insecure HTTPS connection to the backtrace.io service, leading to...

Samsung SmartThings Hub video-core samsungWifiScan Callback Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the samsungWifiScan callback notification of video-core’s HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub. The video-core process incorrectly handles the answer received from a smart camera, leading to a buffer overflow on the stac...

Samsung SmartThings Hub video-core credentials Parsing SQL Injection Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable JSON injection vulnerability exists in the credentials handler of video-core’s HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub. The video-core process incorrectly parses the user-controlled JSON payload, leading to a JSON injection which in turn leads to a SQL injection in the...

Samsung SmartThings Hub video-core RTSP Configuration Command Injection Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable vulnerability exists in the smart cameras RTSP configuration of the Samsung SmartThings Hub. The device incorrectly handles spaces in the URL field, leading to an arbitrary operating system command injection. An attacker can send a series of HTTP requests to trigger this...

Samsung SmartThings Hub hubCore port 39500 sync denial-of-service vulnerability

Summary An exploitable vulnerability exists in the remote servers of Samsung SmartThings Hub. The hubCore process listens on port 39500 and relays any unauthenticated messages to SmartThings’ remote servers, which incorrectly handle camera IDs for the “sync” operation, leading to arbitrary deleti...

Samsung SmartThings Hub video-core clips Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary Multiple exploitable buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the /cameras/XXXX/clips handler of video-core’s HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub. The video-core process incorrectly extracts fields from a user-controlled JSON payload, leading to a buffer overflow on the stack. An...

Samsung SmartThings Hub video-core credentials videoHostUrl Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the credentials handler of video-core’s HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub. The video-core process incorrectly extracts the videoHostUrl field from a user-controlled JSON payload, leading to a buffer overflow on the stack. An...

Samsung SmartThings Hub video-core Camera Creation Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the camera “create” feature of video-core’s HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub. The video-core process incorrectly extracts the “state” field from a user-controlled JSON payload, leading to a buffer overflow on the stack. An...

Samsung SmartThings Hub video-core REST Request Parser HTTP Pipelining Injection Vulnerabilities

Summary Multiple exploitable vulnerabilities exist in the REST parser of video-core’s HTTP server of the Samsung SmartThings Hub. The video-core process incorrectly handles pipelined HTTP requests, which allows successive requests to overwrite the previously parsed HTTP method, URL and body. An...

Samsung SmartThings Hub video-core Camera URL Replace Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the camera “replace” feature of video-core’s HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub. The video-core process incorrectly extracts the URL field from a user-controlled JSON payload, leading to a buffer overflow on the stack. An attacker...

Samsung SmartThings Hub video-core AWSELB Cookie Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the remote video-host communication of video-core’s HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub. The video-core process insecurely parses the AWSELB cookie while communicating with remote video-host servers, leading to a buffer overflow on...

Samsung SmartThings Hub video-core samsungWifiScan Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary Multiple exploitable buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the samsungWifiScan handler of video-core’s HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub. The video-core process incorrectly extracts fields from a user-controlled JSON payload, leading to a buffer overflow on the stack. An attacker...

Samsung SmartThings Hub video-core Camera Update Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Summary Multiple exploitable buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the camera “update” feature of video-core’s HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub. The video-core process incorrectly extracts fields from a user-controlled JSON payload, leading to a buffer overflow on the stack. An attacker...

Samsung SmartThings Hub video-core Database clips Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the retrieval of database fields in video-core’s HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub. The video-core process insecurely extracts the fields from the “clips” table of its SQLite database, leading to a buffer overflow on...

Samsung SmartThings Hub video-core Database find-by-cameraId Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the database “find-by-cameraId” functionality of video-core’s HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub. The video-core process incorrectly handles existing records inside its SQLite database, leading to a buffer overflow on...

Samsung SmartThings Hub video-core Database shard.videoHostURL Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the retrieval of a database field in video-core’s HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub. The video-core process insecurely extracts the shard.videoHostURL field from its SQLite database, leading to a buffer overflow on th...