CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-17177
2.4 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-09-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 2.4 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-326
Description
An issue was discovered on Neato Botvac Connected 2.2.0 and Botvac 85 1.2.1 devices. Static encryption is used for the copying of so-called "black box" logs (event logs and core dumps) to a USB stick. These logs are RC4-encrypted with a 9-character password of *^JEd4W!I that is obfuscated by hiding it within a custom /bin/rc4_crypt binary.
Affected configurations
• neatorobotics botvac d4 connected firmware 2.2.0
• neatorobotics botvac d6 connected firmware 2.2.0
• neatorobotics botvac d5 connected firmware 2.2.0
• neatorobotics botvac d7 connected firmware 2.2.0
• neatorobotics botvac d3 connected firmware 2.2.0
• neatorobotics botvac 85 firmware 1.2.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength weakness
References
- https://media.ccc.de/v/2018-124-pinky-brain-are-taking-over-the-world-with-vacuum-cleaners Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://media.ccc.de/v/2018-124-pinky-brain-are-taking-over-the-world-with-vacuum-cleaners Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory