PT-2019-14800
CVE-2019-16732
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Published
2019-12-13
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Updated
2021-07-21
Description by
CVSS 2.0
9.3
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Petalk AI (affected versions not specified)
PF-103 (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue concerns unencrypted HTTP communications used for firmware upgrades, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code with root user privileges.
Recommendations
For Petalk AI, update the firmware to use encrypted communications for upgrades.
For PF-103, update the firmware to use encrypted communications for upgrades.
As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the firmware upgrade process until a secure update method is implemented.
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