CVE-2012-5858
Description
Samsung Kies Air 2.1.207051 and 2.1.210161 relies on the IP address for authentication, which allows remote man-in-the-middle attackers to read arbitrary phone contents by spoofing or controlling the IP address.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Portable UPnP SDK - 'unique_service_name()' Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0061.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/118154/Kies-Air-Denial-Of-Service-Authorization-Bypass.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56560
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80092
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0061.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/118154/Kies-Air-Denial-Of-Service-Authorization-Bypass.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56560
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80092
CWEs
CWE-287
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.