CVE-2018-1170

HIGH 8.8CVE-2018-1170 · Published 02/03/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-1170 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting customer-link (volkswagen).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.78%, higher than 56.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
customer-link volkswagen	`= 1.30`	No fix yet

Description

This vulnerability allows adjacent attackers to inject arbitrary Controller Area Network messages on vulnerable installations of Volkswagen Customer-Link App 1.30 and HTC Customer-Link Bridge. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Customer-Link App and Customer-Link Bridge. The issue results from the lack of a proper protection mechanism against unauthorized firmware updates. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to inject CAN messages. Was ZDI-CAN-5264.

References

zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-214 · Third Party Advisory

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