FLIR Thermal Camera Multiple Vulnerabilities, Patch Released

By: Brian Karas, Published on Oct 03, 2017

Multiple cyber security vulnerabilities exist in FLIR thermal cameras, which have not been fixed, despite being reported months ago. UPDATE- FLIR has released patches, which are covered in this report.

In this note, we examine the vulnerabilities, share our test results of vulnerable FLIR cameras, review FLIR's response and the impact on the company. 

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Comments (6)

Undisclosed Manufacturer #1

10/03/17 02:54pm

I'm curious if and how FLIR will react to this ☺️

Well done IPVM, thank you! 

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Jon Dillabaugh

Pro Focus LLC | 10/06/17 07:41pm

Doesn’t Dahua actually assemble the Flir TC series? Are we sure of who makes the FC series? I only have had my hands on the FC-618 for a short period and don’t recall at the moment if it was Dahua-esque. 

Undisclosed Manufacturer #2

In reply to Jon Dillabaugh | 10/09/17 10:00am

The FC series is done 100% by FLIR, including assembly. 

Undisclosed Manufacturer #1

10/06/17 09:42pm

It might be beneficial to search for FLIR OEM partners that just use FLIR's thermal modules and combine it with a custom (and more secure) encoder chipset (which includes all network functions).

I do not want to do any promotion here, but these partners exist. 

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Brian Karas

IPVM | 10/09/17 08:52pm

There is now a software fix available from FLIR for these vulnerabilities, the report has been updated with the following section to address this:

UPDATE - Patch Released

FLIR released a patch for these vulnerabilities. Upgrade instructions are outlined in the release notes for the patch, which requires updating each camera individually via its web interface. Because this is a patch, and not a full firmware release, users need to first be on a supported version (1.3.4 or 1.3.5), and will need to update their firmware to one of these versions before applying the patch if running older software on the camera.

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Michael Gonzalez

Integrated Security Technologies, Inc. | 10/11/17 02:33am

This is good information guys, thanks!

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