CVE-2020-8539

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8539
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-01 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-12-08 02:37:00 UTC
DescriptionKia Motors Head Unit with Software version: SOP.003.30.18.0703, SOP.005.7.181019, and SOP.007.1.191209 may allow an attacker to inject unauthorized commands, by executing the micomd executable deamon, to trigger unintended functionalities. In addition, this executable may be used by an attacker to inject commands to generate CAN frames that are sent into the M-CAN bus (Multimedia CAN bus) of the vehicle.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-276

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Kia Head Unit - All All All
Hardware Kia Head Unit - All All All
Operating System Kia Head Unit Firmware sop.003.30.18.0703 All All All
Operating System Kia Head Unit Firmware sop.005.7.181019 All All All
Operating System Kia Head Unit Firmware sop.007.1.191209 All All All
Operating System Kia Head Unit Firmware sop.003.30.18.0703 All All All
Operating System Kia Head Unit Firmware sop.005.7.181019 All All All
Operating System Kia Head Unit Firmware sop.007.1.191209 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
sowhat.iit.cnr.it/pdf/IIT-20-2020.pdf MISC sowhat.iit.cnr.it Exploit, Third Party Advisory
KIA Head Unit vulnerability · GitHub MISC gist.github.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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