CVE-2018-20785

Summary

CVECVE-2018-20785
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-02-23 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionSecure boot bypass and memory extraction can be achieved on Neato Botvac Connected 2.2.0 devices. During startup, the AM335x secure boot feature decrypts and executes firmware. Secure boot can be bypassed by starting with certain commands to the USB serial port. Although a power cycle occurs, this does not completely reset the chip: memory contents are still in place. Also, it restarts into a boot menu that enables XMODEM upload and execution of an unsigned QNX IFS system image, thereby completing the bypass of secure boot. Moreover, the attacker can craft custom IFS data and write it to unused memory to extract all memory contents that had previously been present. This includes the original firmware and sensitive information such as Wi-Fi credentials.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Neatorobotics Botvac Connected - All All All
Hardware Neatorobotics Botvac Connected - All All All
Operating System Neatorobotics Botvac Connected Firmware 2.2.0 All All All
Operating System Neatorobotics Botvac Connected Firmware 2.2.0 All All All
Hardware Neatorobotics Botvac D3 Connected - All All All
Hardware Neatorobotics Botvac D3 Connected - All All All
Operating System Neatorobotics Botvac D3 Connected Firmware 2.2.0 All All All
Operating System Neatorobotics Botvac D3 Connected Firmware 2.2.0 All All All
Hardware Neatorobotics Botvac D3 Pro Connected - All All All
Hardware Neatorobotics Botvac D3 Pro Connected - All All All
Operating System Neatorobotics Botvac D3 Pro Connected Firmware 2.2.0 All All All
Operating System Neatorobotics Botvac D3 Pro Connected Firmware 2.2.0 All All All
Hardware Neatorobotics Botvac D4 Connected - All All All
Hardware Neatorobotics Botvac D4 Connected - All All All
Operating System Neatorobotics Botvac D4 Connected Firmware 2.2.0 All All All
Operating System Neatorobotics Botvac D4 Connected Firmware 2.2.0 All All All
Hardware Neatorobotics Botvac D5 Connected - All All All
Hardware Neatorobotics Botvac D5 Connected - All All All
Operating System Neatorobotics Botvac D5 Connected Firmware 2.2.0 All All All
Operating System Neatorobotics Botvac D5 Connected Firmware 2.2.0 All All All
Hardware Neatorobotics Botvac D6 Connected - All All All
Hardware Neatorobotics Botvac D6 Connected - All All All
Operating System Neatorobotics Botvac D6 Connected Firmware 2.2.0 All All All
Operating System Neatorobotics Botvac D6 Connected Firmware 2.2.0 All All All
Hardware Neatorobotics Botvac D7 Connected - All All All
Hardware Neatorobotics Botvac D7 Connected - All All All
Operating System Neatorobotics Botvac D7 Connected Firmware 2.2.0 All All All
Operating System Neatorobotics Botvac D7 Connected Firmware 2.2.0 All All All

References

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