# CVE-2018-12499: The Motorola MBP853 firmware does not correctly validate server certificates.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-07-02 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Motorola MBP853 firmware does not correctly validate server certificates. This allows for a Man in The Middle (MiTM) attack to take place between a Motorola MBP853 camera and the servers it communicates with. In one such instance, it was identified that the device was downloading what appeared to be a client certificate.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://blog.sean-wright.com/cve-2018-12499/

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