CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-9318

Telematics Control Unit Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.4%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
The Telematics Control Unit (aka Telematic Communication Box or TCB), when present on BMW vehicles produced in 2012 through 2018, allows a remote attack via a cellular network.
Affected vendor
Bmw
Affected product
Telematics Control Unit Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-05-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-9318

  • Confirm whether Bmw Telematics Control Unit Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-9318.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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