Hikvision Vulnerability Permits Wi-Fi Attack

Author: Brian Karas, Published on Nov 28, 2017

Hikvision acknowledged a Wi-Fi cyber security vulnerability on November 27, 2017. No special passwords, text strings, or programming knowledge are required. Any attacker within Wi-Fi range of the impacted cameras can exploit this.

IPVM spoke with the researcher who discovered and reported this vulnerability. We examine the limitations, exploit potential, affected products, and Hikvision's problems in responding to the vulnerability.

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Comments (15)

Scott Sheldrake

11/28/17 11:15pm

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Brian Karas

IPVM | In reply to Scott Sheldrake | 11/28/17 11:38pm

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Undisclosed #1

In reply to Brian Karas | 11/29/17 12:09am

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Brian Karas

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed #1 | 11/29/17 12:13am

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In reply to Brian Karas | 11/29/17 12:14am

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Undisclosed #1

In reply to Brian Karas | 11/29/17 12:17am

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Brian Karas

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed #1 | 11/29/17 01:04am

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In reply to Brian Karas | 11/29/17 02:21am

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Brian Karas

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed #1 | 11/29/17 11:30am

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Karsten Kirchhof

In reply to Brian Karas | 01/04/18 03:23pm

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #2

11/29/17 12:05pm

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12/04/17 01:19pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | 12/21/17 08:02pm

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In reply to John Honovich | 12/21/17 08:13pm

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #2

In reply to John Honovich | 12/21/17 08:47pm

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