CVE-2016-2398

Severity

32%

Complexity

65%

Confidentiality

48%

Comcast XFINITY Home Security System does not properly maintain base-station communication, which allows physically proximate attackers to defeat sensor functionality by interfering with ZigBee 2.4 GHz transmissions.

Comcast XFINITY Home Security System does not properly maintain base-station communication, which allows physically proximate attackers to defeat sensor functionality by interfering with ZigBee 2.4 GHz transmissions.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.5. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2016-02-17 16:59:00

Last updated 9 years ago

2016-03-04 14:40:00

Affected Software

Comcast Xfinity Home Security System

References

VU#418072

Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

http://www.wired.com/2016/01/xfinitys-security-system-flaws-open-homes-to-thieves/

https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2016/01/05/r7-2015-23-comcast-xfinity-home-security-system-insecure-fail-open

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