# CVE-2018-10705: The Owned smart contract implementation for Aurora DAO (AURA), an Ethereum ERC20 token, allows attackers to acquire contract ownership becau

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-05-09 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Owned smart contract implementation for Aurora DAO (AURA), an Ethereum ERC20 token, allows attackers to acquire contract ownership because the setOwner function is declared as public. An attacker can then conduct a lockBalances() denial of service attack.

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## References

- https://peckshield.com/2018/05/03/ownerAnyone/

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