CVE-2019-5635 Hickory Smart Lock Cleartext Password
Attackers can intercept cleartext MQTT traffic to steal default credentials, enabling unauthorized access to the smart lock bridge.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5635?
CVE-2019-5635 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Belwith Products, LLC Hickory Smart Ethernet Bridge, 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
A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability is present in Hickory Smart Ethernet Bridge from Belwith Products, LLC. Captured data reveals that the Hickory Smart Ethernet Bridge device communicates over the network to an MQTT broker without using encryption. This exposed the default username and password used to authenticate to the MQTT broker. This issue affects Hickory Smart Ethernet Bridge, model number H077646. The firmware does not appear to contain versioning information.
Weakness: CWE-319
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5635?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Belwith-Keeler Hickory Smart Ethernet Bridge Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5635?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5635 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-5635 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5635 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7xw3-q96c-r8hm.