A brief history of software vulnerabilities in vehicles (Update 2023)

Updated in 2023: 2023: Sam Curry: Web Hackers vs. The Auto Industry: Critical Vulnerabilities in Ferrari, BMW, Rolls Royce, Porsche, and More Kia, Honda, Infiniti, Nissan, Acura Fully remote lock, unlock, engine start, engine stop, precision locate, flash headlights, and honk vehicles using only the VIN number Fully remote account takeover and PII disclosure via VIN number (name, phone number, email address, physical address) Ability to lock users out of remotely managing their vehicle, change ownership For Kia’s specifically, we could remotely access the 360-view camera and view live images from the car Mercedes-Benz Access to hundreds of mission-critical internal applications via improperly configured SSO, including… Multiple Github instances behind SSO Company-wide internal chat tool, ability to join nearly any channel SonarQube, Jenkins, misc. build servers Internal cloud deployment services for managing AWS instances Internal Vehicle related APIs Remote Code Execution on multiple systems Memory leaks leading to employee/customer PII disclosure, account access Hyundai, Genesis Fully remote lock, unlock, engine start, engine stop, precision locate, flash headlights, and honk vehicles using only the victim email address Fully remote account takeover and PII disclosure via victim email address (name, phone number, email address, physical address) Ability to lock users out of … Continue reading A brief history of software vulnerabilities in vehicles (Update 2023)