MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2019-9493

Mycar Controls vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
3.6%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
The MyCar Controls of AutoMobility Distribution Inc., mobile application contains hard-coded admin credentials. A remote unauthenticated attacker may be able to send commands to and retrieve data from a target MyCar unit. This may allow the attacker to learn the location of a target, or gain unauthorized physical access to a vehicle. This issue affects AutoMobility MyCar versions prior to 3.4.24 on iOS and versions prior to 4.1.2 on Android. This issue has additionally been fixed in Carlink, Link, Visions MyCar, and MyCar Kia.
Affected vendor
Mycarcontrols
Affected product
Mycar Controls
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Published
2020-01-15

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-9493

  • Confirm whether Mycarcontrols Mycar Controls is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-9493.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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