An issue was discovered on August Connect devices. Insecure data transfer between the August app and August Connect during configuration allows attackers to discover home Wi-Fi credentials. This data transfer uses an unencrypted access point for these credentials, and passes them in an HTTP POST, using the AugustWifiDevice class, with data encrypted with a fixed key found obfuscated in the app.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-12670 An issue was discovered on August Connect devices. Insecure data transfer between the August app and August Connect during configuration allows attackers to discover home Wi-Fi credentials. This data transfer uses an unencrypted access point for these credentials, and passes them in an HTTP POST, using the AugustWifiDevice class, with data encrypted with a fixed key found obfuscated in the app.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:51:19.052Z

Reserved: 2018-12-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-20100

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Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-02T18:29:01.230

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:00:52.620

Link: CVE-2018-20100

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