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CVE-2018-20100 (GCVE-0-2018-20100)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-01-02 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:51
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered on August Connect devices. Insecure data transfer between the August app and August Connect during configuration allows attackers to discover home Wi-Fi credentials. This data transfer uses an unencrypted access point for these credentials, and passes them in an HTTP POST, using the AugustWifiDevice class, with data encrypted with a fixed key found obfuscated in the app.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-12-27 00:00
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