Vulnerability CVE-2018-11478
Published: 2018-05-30

Description:
An issue was discovered on Vgate iCar 2 Wi-Fi OBD2 Dongle devices. The OBD port is used to receive measurement data and debug information from the car. This on-board diagnostics feature can also be used to send commands to the car (different for every vendor / car product line / car). No authentication is needed, which allows attacks from the local Wi-Fi network.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Vgate iCar2 WiFi OBD2 Dongle Inadequate Access Protections
T. Weber
31.05.2018

Type:

CWE-287

 (Improper Authentication)

CVSS2 => (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.8/10
6.4/10
6.5/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Adjacent network
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Vgate -> Icar 2 wi-fi obd2 firmware 

 References:
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/May/66
https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/unprotected-wifi-access-unencrypted-data-transfer-in-vgate-icar2-wifi-obd2-dongle/
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