CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-6539
3.5 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-07-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 3.5 LOW — CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.3 LOW — AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The Trackr device ID is constructed of a manufacturer identifier of four zeroes followed by the BLE MAC address in reverse. The MAC address can be obtained by being in close proximity to the Bluetooth device, effectively exposing the device ID. The ID can be used to track devices. Updated apps, version 5.1.6 for iOS and 2.2.5 for Android, have been released by the vendor to address the vulnerabilities in CVE-2016-6538, CVE-2016-6539, CVE-2016-6540 and CVE-2016-6541.
Affected configurations
• thetrackr trackr firmware (< 2.2.5)
• thetrackr trackr firmware (< 5.1.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93874 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.rapid7.com/2016/10/25/multiple-bluetooth-low-energy-ble-tracker-vulnerabilities/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/617567 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/TNOY-AF3KCZ Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93874 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.rapid7.com/2016/10/25/multiple-bluetooth-low-energy-ble-tracker-vulnerabilities/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/617567 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/TNOY-AF3KCZ Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource