Vulnerability · Published Aug 17, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-28372
High 8.3
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.6% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.6%top 14.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
ThroughTek's Kalay Platform 2.0 network allows an attacker to impersonate an arbitrary ThroughTek (TUTK) device given a valid 20-byte uniquely assigned identifier (UID). This could result in an attacker hijacking a victim's connection and forcing them into supplying credentials needed to access the victim TUTK device.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.throughtek.com/kalay_overview.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/FEYE-2021-0020/FEYE-2021-0020.md x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2021/08/mandiant-discloses-critical-vulnerability-affecting-iot-devices.html x_refsource_MISC