CVE-2018-12716

CVSS V2 Low 3.3 CVSS V3 Medium 4.3
Description
The API service on Google Home and Chromecast devices before mid-July 2018 does not prevent DNS rebinding attacks from reading the scan_results JSON data, which allows remote attackers to determine the physical location of most web browsers by leveraging the presence of one of these devices on its local network, extracting the scan_results bssid fields, and sending these fields in a geolocation/v1/geolocate Google Maps Geolocation API request.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-12716
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-06-25T02:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-08-24T14:53:16
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:google:chromecast_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:google:chromecast:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:google:home_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:google:home:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 3.3
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 6.5
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.wired.com/story/chromecast-roku-sonos-dns-rebinding-vulnerability/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vert/googles-newest-feature-find-my-home/ Third Party Advisory
https://medium.com/@brannondorsey/attacking-private-networks-from-the-internet-with-dns-rebinding-ea7098a2d325 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/06/google-to-fix-location-data-leak-in-google-home-chromecast/ Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12716
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12716
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:38:52 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 08:23:10 2018-06-25T02:29Z 2018-06-25T02:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 08:23:10 2018-08-24T14:53:16 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 08:23:10 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated