Medium severity · published Jan 27, 2020
CVE-2018-19441
An issue was discovered in Neato Botvac Connected 2.2.0
4.7
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Neato Botvac Connected 2.2.0. The GenerateRobotPassword function of the NeatoCrypto library generates insufficiently random numbers for robot secret_key values used for local and cloud authentication/authorization. If an attacker knows the serial number and is able to estimate the time of first provisioning of a robot, he is able to brute force the generated secret_key of the robot. This is because the entropy of the secret_key exclusively relies on these two values, due to not seeding the random generator and using several constant inputs for secret_key computation. Serial numbers are printed on the packaging and equal the MAC address of the robot.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BC
Botvac Connected Firmware · Neatorobotics
2.2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19441
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19441
Third Party Advisory
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/woot19-paper_ullrich.pdf
Third Party Advisory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5nj7Jhwn9c
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