Hikvision Critical Cloud Vulnerability Disclosed

By: IPVM Team, Published on Apr 25, 2018

Security researchers Vangelis Stykas and George Lavdanis discovered a vulnerability in Hikvision's HikConnect cloud service that:

just by knowing the email,phone or username they used while registering, after that you can view the live feed of the cam/DVR, manipulate the DVR, change that user’s email/phone and password and effectively lock the user out

The researchers detail the process and the issues in this post. Hikvision HQ has acknowledged the vulnerability and released a fix.

Inside this note, we examine what the issue was, compare it to 2017's Hikvision IP Camera backdoor and explain why this one was a coding error and not anything to do with Hikvision's Chinese government ownership.

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************** ****** *** ******* and *** ****** ** this ****. ********* ** *************** *** ************* *** released * ***.

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HikConnect **********

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Vulnerability *********

*** ************* ** ******** since ** ****** **** access ** ******* ********* to **********. *** *********** found * *** ******:

(*) **** **** **** to ****** * ****** that **** **** *** logged ** ** ** changing *** **** ** on *** ****** *** their *******, ** **** note:

***** ******** *** *** user ** **** *** first ***** ****** ** the ****** ***** ** AS_UserID ***…****, ** *** see *** ***** *******.

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**** **** *** **** user **, **** ***** return ** **** (*) and ****** **** ******** person's ******.

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Not ******* ********** *******

***** ***** *** *********** concerns ***** *********'* ******* government *********, **** ** certainly *** * ****** in ****. ***** **** is * ***** *******, Hikvision *** **** ****** to *** ******* *** any ****** *********. ** they **** ** ****** those *******, **** ** not **** *** '********', they ****** *** ****** directly. **** ** *** unique ** *********, ** that ** * *********** design ******** ** ***** services (******* ******* ** Hikvision). *******, ***** *** Chinese's **********'* *********, *** concerns *** **** ***********.

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Risks ** ***** ********

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*******, ** **** ******** shows, ***** ******** **** their *** *****, ** creating * ****** ***** of ******* / *************. Instead ** ****** ******* IP ********* ****** *** world, ** ******** ***** concentrate *** ******* ** a ****** ****** *** get ****** ** ******** of ********* ** *******. Stykas *** ******** *** white *** *********** *** responsibly ******** ****. ****** could ** ***** *** found **** ************* *** used ** ** ******* devices.

Comments (12)

John Honovich

IPVM | 04/25/18 01:45pm

**** *******, * ****** ********* ********* *** ***** *** **** time.

******* ********:

*** ******* ****:

*********, *****'* ****** ** ************ *** **** *******.

Undisclosed #1

In reply to John Honovich | 04/25/18 01:50pm

** * *** ******** ****** *** * *** ********* **** is *** **** ** ******** *****? ***** ****** **** *** a *** ***** *** ****.

Undisclosed Distributor #2

In reply to Undisclosed #1 | 04/25/18 01:59pm

**. *** ** "****".

:)

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Michael Gonzalez

04/26/18 01:57am

***** ** ** **** ***** *** ******** *** * ************* in *****, **** ** **** ********* *** ******** *** **** matter.

Nathan Causby

IPVMU Certified | In reply to Michael Gonzalez | 04/26/18 12:31pm

* **** *** **** **** **** ***.

John Honovich

IPVM | 04/26/18 10:47am

*** ****** *******: ******** ********* **** ***** ** ******** ********* to ****** *******, **** *** ********

Ryan O'Daniel

IPVMU Certified | In reply to John Honovich | 04/27/18 01:49pm

*** ******* ********** *** "******" ******* ** * ***** ***, not *********.

John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Ryan O'Daniel | 04/27/18 02:07pm

***, *** ***'* *******'* ******* ** *********.

** ******** ******* *** ****** **** **** ***** **** *** incorrect *******/******** **** ****:

**** ***** ********* ** **.

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Tim Pickles

In reply to John Honovich | 04/27/18 03:49pm

****** *** **** ***** ********* ****? ***** **** **** * deliberate ********** ****** ** ***********, **’* **** ** *** ** be **** ** *******.

John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Tim Pickles | 04/27/18 07:05pm

***,

**** ** ******** ******* **** ** / ** *** ******, see *****:

*****, * ***** **** ****** *** ** *** **** **** did *** ** ********** * **** ******* ****.

** *** ***** ****, ** *** **********, ***** *** ****** of ********* ******* **** **** ****** *** ******* '******' ** it ** *** ** ** *** *********** ***** *** *****, just *** ******* **** ****.

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Tim Pickles

In reply to John Honovich | 04/27/18 08:11pm

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bashis mcw

04/26/18 03:56pm

**** ****!

******** *** ******** *** ******* **** ***** *******, *'* **** you **** **** ****.

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