# CVE-2019-5632: Hickory Smart Lock Insecure Storage on Android

> Attackers can access sensitive lock control data from the app's insecure local database, potentially enabling unauthorized remote control of smart locks.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2019
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xhfc-wp5r-c2r5

## What is CVE-2019-5632?

CVE-2019-5632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Belwith Products, LLC Hickory Smart, published on 22 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An insecure storage of sensitive information vulnerability is present in Hickory Smart for Android mobile devices from Belwith Products, LLC. The application's database was found to contain information that could be used to control the lock devices remotely. This issue affects Hickory Smart for Android, version 01.01.43 and prior versions.

Weakness: CWE-922 (Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5632?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Belwith-Keeler Hickory Smart.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-5632?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5632 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-5632 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5632 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Belwith Products, LLC Hickory Smart

- [CVE-2019-5633](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5633/): Hickory Smart Lock Insecure Storage on iOS (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2019-5634](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5634/): Hickory Smart Lock Insecure Logging on Android (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-5632 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-5632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Belwith Products, LLC Hickory Smart, published on 22 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5632 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Belwith Products, LLC Hickory Smart. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5632/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5632/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5632
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5632
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5632

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5632/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.