Description

ECOVACS robot lawnmowers and vacuums use a deterministic symmetric key to decrypt firmware updates. An attacker can create and encrypt malicious firmware that will be successfully decrypted and installed by the robot.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-52331

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.5

Affected Products

Vendor: ECOVACS

Product: Unspecified robots

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.72% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-21 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://dontvacuum.me/talks/HITCON2024/HITCON-CMT-2024_Ecovacs.html
https://dontvacuum.me/talks/37c3-2023/37c3-vacuuming-and-mowing.pdf

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